Equipo Navazos La Bota 85 Fino "Un fino que va para amontillado" 750ml

Saca de October 2018. This remarkable Montilla Fino is the heir to the fabled La Bota Nos. 24 and 45, and fans of those wines should not hesitate. This labelling is necessitated by the current, restrictive legislation but this is really a Fino that is moving towards being an Amontillado. Underneath, in small text, the subtitle "Un fino que va para Amontillado" translates as exactly that.

The wine is sourced from the oldest Fino solera at Pérez Barquero's Bodega Los Amigos. Luis Gutiérrez' note below tells you what to expect: a superb, unique, unbelievably intense wine. Think great La Bota Fino--with all the complexity, freshness, intensity and drive--but with a touch more glycerol fat and more dried fruit generosity and you won't be far off the mark.

"The extraordinary NV La Bota de Fino 85 "Un fino que va para amontillado..." is not a wine from Jerez but from Montilla-Moriles in the province of Cordova, an appellation where the majority of vines are Pedro Ximénez and the wines produced are similar to Jerez wines. In fact, Amontillado means "in the style of Montilla," because the style originated there. This wine, from the same origin as edition 45 (and 24) that would be called Fino Amontillado if it wasn't forbidden, has taken biological aging under flor to an extreme, and the wine has started its oxidative aging on its way to becoming an Amontillado. So, it has the saline complexity of the flor and the incipient notes of nuts and varnish. The grapes are picked extremely late, and this was never fortified. This has great finesse and can stand up to a lot of Palomino wines. It didn't show any rusticity and was more about finesse. It's from the same solera as the two previous bottlings, but this was somehow more biological, less concentrated or less oxidative. It might have a little more precision. As the wine sat in the glass and warmed up, the palate took off and revealed an unusual combination of power and elegance. This is really surprising and very good. 2,800 bottles were filled in December 2018." 94 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

Country: Spain
Producer: Equipo Navazos
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda