Vinedos del Contina Garnacha 2012

Country: Spain
Region: Rioja

Valdespino Yellow Label Pedro Ximenez

Valdespino is one of the oldest and most traditional Sherry houses. They still ferment a large proportion of their wines in wood, giving their wines added depth and complexity.

Colour is an aged clear yellow brown, very dark in colour (hence ‘Black’ Sherry), with a green tinge from extended barrel ageing. The bouquet is one of intense sultanas which drives the palate delivering mellow sunburnt and sweet grape characters. A heavy-weight, sweet dessert fortified wine, dense with a very powerful … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Valdespino Palo Cortado Viejo C.P. Single Vineyard

Single Vineyard.

The wines that make up this Palo Cortado have an average age of more than 25 years. Originally, it was aged in Calle Ponce in the city of Jerez; hence the initials still printed on the label. During aging, the wine is refreshed with Fino Inocente and Amontillado Tío Diego, two other top bottlings in Valdespino’s portfolio. The end result is a wine that smells smoky and rich in caramelized flavor, but tastes dry to the bone; all … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Valdespino Innocente Fino 375ml

A rarity - single vineyard Fino. Aged under flor yeast for 8 years to give the crisp tang of salty air - lightish and a touch herbal & floral, with a light, tight & firm finish. Delicious aperitif!

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Valdespino El Candado Pedro Ximenez

El Candado is Spanish for the padlock, and indeed every bottle comes with a small padlock and two little keys. The idea is that a butt from this solera used to be locked away as someone from the Valdespino family wanted to keep the wine to himself.

As with most PX, it is very sweet and unctuous, but not over the top. The palate shows toffee notes, dessert with figs and honey & guava. It grows slightly darker towards the … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Valdespino Contrabandista Amontillado

The Solera was established in 1892 and this sherry represents the ultimate achievement in a classic aged Amontillado.It is medium-dry with a perfect balance of nutty flavour and can be enjoyed straight, chilled or over ice.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Urbina Rioja Seleccion Crianza 1999

A crianza which spent 6 years in tank after ageing 12 months in French oak. Fermented at 28 degrees, macerated 28 days. Smooth, with the smells of a forest walk, carob and spice, gentle, sparse, very elegant. Silky with good length. Very clean for wine with such ageing.

Country: Spain
Region: Rioja

Toro Albala Fino Electrico En Rama Bombilla 750ml

This special bottling of the Fino Electrico, honors the history of the winery, which is located in a former power station.

It is important to note that Albala´s Fino Electrico en rama comes from a separate solera (to the established Fino Electrico del Lagar solera). The en rama solera was first established in 1922, so well before the Electrico solera, which was laid in the 1960s. The en rama solera is also housed in Moriles itself, while the original sits … more

Country: Spain
Producer: Toro Albala
Region: Montilla Moriles

Toro Albala Don PX Pedro Ximenez Seleccion 1968 200ml

"Going up the ladder of age, concentration, complexity (and price), the 1968 Don PX Seleccion aged in American oak butts for some 47 years before bottling, and was never blended with any other vintage. The wine has 340 grams of unfermented sugar and higher acidity given its age, as evaporation in barrel concentrates everything. This is somehow less dense and more pungent than the other old sweet wines, with more spices, lots of cinnamon and cocoa powder. It's more fluid, … more

Country: Spain
Region: Montilla Moriles

Toro Albalá Don PX Pedro Ximénez Gran Reserva 1987 375ml

Toro Albala reserve select lots of their best vintage wines for the Gran Reserva label. These unusually rich Pedro Ximenez wines are destined for a very long aging in oak barrels. After filling and sealing, these barrels are left for decades in their single-vintage state. It's during this slow maturation that the wines undertake their delicious, savoury, rancio transformation (though controlled exposure to oxygen) which brings a kind of nutty, iodine character that infinitely complexes the wine but also gives … more

Country: Spain
Producer: Toro Albala
Region: Montilla Moriles