Akilia Tosca Cerrada Palomino Fino en rama 2016

Mario Rovira is an energetic winemaker from Bierzo, making natural minimal intervention wines. He also has a passion for Palomino Fino (he actually also grows it in Bierzo), this one however, is from Cadiz.

100 % palomino fino, unfortified and aged for 7 months, three of them under flor.

Grown on Albariza soil of the Pago de Balbeino this is a richly flavoured Andalusian wine. Golden in colour this demonstrates classic saline and mineral characters, chalky and limestone driven. Assertive … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Albero Manzanilla En Rama 500ml
(saca de March 2020)

Scott’s personal blend selection of botas from Bodegas Barbiana, Sanlúcar de Barrameda

"I started research in September 2000. We landed and sold our first cases in August 2001. September 1st 2020 through August 31 2021 is TSA’s 20th fiesta! We started TSA’s 20th anniversary celebrations with TSA Fino #1, Azahar, a barrel selection. We continue with the proud launch of Albero, the Barbiana solera blend.

A very fine nose of fir apple, crab apple, lemon balm, lemon drop, neroli, chalk … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Albero Manzanilla En Rama Magnum (saca de March 2020)

Scott’s personal blend selection of botas from Bodegas Barbiana, Sanlúcar de Barrameda

"I started research in September 2000. We landed and sold our first cases in August 2001. September 1st 2020 through August 31 2021 is TSA’s 20th fiesta! We started TSA’s 20th anniversary celebrations with TSA Fino #1, Azahar, a barrel selection. We continue with the proud launch of Albero, the Barbiana solera blend.

A very fine nose of fir apple, crab apple, lemon balm, lemon drop, neroli, chalk … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Azahar Manzanilla vieja en rama 500ml

Scott Wasley - "en rama wines, carefully withdrawn from cask and later bottled according to moon phases and gentle prevailing winds. Since the saca, which took place in March, we have rested the wines (Finos en rama really benefit from 6 months in bottle) & then shipped them.

Tasting - "Camomile lawn, orange blossom (Azahar), melon tendrils, sea-spray, densely spongy honey-lemon tea cake. Full and rich in the mouth, excellent abstract line. Extra ageing doesn't necessarily mean development and body, … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Bodegas Barrero "Gabriela" Manzanilla Vina Las Cañas (Pago Balbaína) 375ml

Sanchez Ayala are an undiscovered treat here in Australia. Much used by the Navazos project, this bodega makes some wonderful Sherries, of which this is a terrific starting point.

This is superb value.

Classic flor notes dominate the aromatics, but don't overpower the wine - there are still nuances of fresh bread, almond and saline notes. The palate is quite delicate but wonderfully fresh with excellent racy, salty flor-driven Manzanilla character.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Bodegas El Maestro Sierra 15 Year Old Oloroso

Dry, nutty start. Hazelnuts, brazil nuts. Umami notes of beef stock and dried mushrooms. On the other end of this earthy, darker side there is a brightness of bitter oranges and fresh figs. A bit of toffee and echoes of spices (not unlike gingerbread, really nice).

On the palate it is medium-bodied, with a surprising lightness and ease to it. Good balance of acidity, a suggestion of caramel sweetness, lightly bitter notes (dried herbs, Seville oranges) and a soft, gingery … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez Solera Gran Reserva 38% 700ml

Pot still distillates are aged for 15 years in barrels that have previously contained old oloroso and amontillado sherries, the aging takes place in the traditional system of "soleras" and "criaderas". … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez Solera Reserva Single Cask Oloroso 36.9% 500ml

Aged for 5 years in old Oloroso Sherry cask.

Barrel Number: 11/102

Lot Number: 307912

'Dark amber in colour. The nose has a very balanced aroma showing both nuances of

herbs, fruits and fine pastry notes on a soft wood background. In the mouth it is round,

with touches of nuts and dried fruits. Very elegant.' Importers note

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez, Solera Gran Reserva, Single Cask (13/102) Oloroso Viejo 39.7% 500ml

Bottled 4 November 2008. Lot Number: 230908

This brandy is aged in Oloroso Casks for 15 years

'Has a Copper colour and intense notes of sweet sherry, rich fruit with a touch of vanilla

and very elegant. Mahogany in colour with fine toasted aromas; it is complex and clean,

with tobacco and notes of wood, nuts and figs. On the palate it is broad, very balanced,

with sweet sherry notes, rich fruit with a touch of vanilla and great persistence.'

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez, Solera Gran Reserva, Single Cask (2/6) Allier French Oak 39.7% 500m.

This brandy is aged for 15 years in old French allier barrels.

Mahogany color. On the nose, an intense aroma with vanilla background, tobacco and fine wood shavings. On the palate this brandy is balanced and complex with toasted notes and marked tannins from the oak. Persistent finish.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Amontillado VORS 750ml

"The NV Tradicion Amontillado VORS, certainly has the more complex and subtle nose of all these VORS and is on average 45 years old. It has a very clean nose, with elegance and complexity, powerful but subtle notes of hazelnuts, honey and even some dates. The medium5bodied palate shows a sharp wine with strong salinity, it has the power and the lightness, in a very difficult combination." 96 points. Luis Gutiérez Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Callejuela la Hacienda de Dona Francisca 2017

"'Hacienda de Doña Francisca' is a specific small vineyard within Pago Callejuela, on the estuary side of Sanlúcar. The Albariza here is Tosca cerrada. The fruit is picked at full maturity, which only plays out to 12% abv due to the cool site and poniente breezes. The juice is fermented in old Manzanilla botas, and the resultant wine is aged on fine lees with 10% ullage for 7 months of ageing under velo de flor. The smaller ullage than typical … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Cardenal Mendoza Brandy 700ml

With an average age of 15 years, Cardenal Mendoza is one of the most famed (and popular) brandies in Spain. It's a ripe, smooth, sweet-spiced style. Lashings of xmas pudding (from maturation in old PX and Olorosso barrels). Good length and finish from such a generous style.

Country: Spain
Producer: Romate
Region: Jerez

Delgado Zuleta Amontillado 'Monteagudo' 375ml. 18.5%.

Winery Notes - "This comes from the solera of manzanilla Zuleta. This wine begins as Manzanilla and therefore has a biological aging in a first phase, but after losing the characteristic layer of flor yeast it undergoes an oxidative stage. 100% Palomino variety, with about 8 or 9 years of aging in American oak casks, using the traditional Criaderas & Solera system.

It is clean and bright with an intense golden color. With very intense nose and nuances of biological … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Delgado Zuleta Manzanilla Pasada 'La Goya' 375ml

Bottled, 2020.

Fantastic value Manzanilla, and a great introduction to the dry end of Spanish Sherry. Light, flinty, salty, a little herbal (chamomile) with the tang of sea air that defines the manzanilla style. Bottled in screwcap & with the bottling date in English on the back. Delicious & progressive.

"We bottle and ship fresh every two months, to ensure this definitively crisp, refreshing young white wine is always in spanky form. Camomile and oyster-shell aromatics, Chablis-like mid-palate fruit, long … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda