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The name “Sherry” is derived from the name of the city Jerez in southern Spain, the home of Sherry wine. While many countries around the world produce wines called sherry (California produces four times as much “sherry” as Jerez), they are largely sweet or low-priced fortified wines. The original source of authentic Sherry is a small growing area in southwestern Spain that grows two main grape varietals called Palomino, also known as Listán, and Pedro Ximénez.
Many people know that when cooking with sherry alcohol cooks off, leaving a distinctive flavor, but Sherry also makes a perfect match for light fare like shellfish, seafood, and pasta dishes. The best Sherry brands are imported from Spain and include Lustau, Sandeman, and Valdespino.
SP8888 pts. - Wine Spectator - Sep 30, 2002 A touch of sweetness introduces this medium-bodied, balanced oloroso, whose molasses, caramel, and roasted nut flavors end with a mouthwatering tang. Try with nuts or a mild cheese like Manchego. Drink now.WE8585 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 7/1/1997 Deep amber with subtle copper cast. Moderately full-bodied. Mild sweetness. Marzipan, toffee, walnuts. Attractively flavored and relatively full in the mouth with well balanced acidity. Maintains an enticingly roasted character throughout with the faintest suggest of sweetness in the finish.
WS9292 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2015 A classic Fino, this is precise in its structure and completely dry. With its mineral notes of iodine and salt, light hints of nuts and green olives and refreshing acidity, it’s almost addictive, especially if you have prawns sautéed in garlic and herbs on hand.RP9090 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 30th Jun 2005 The brilliant quality of Emilio Lustau’s sherries is indisputable. Sherry remains the world’s most underappreciated and undervalued beverage, as the price for this beauty attests. The crisp, light-bodied, pungent, potent Light Fino Jarana is redolent of the smells and flavors of roasted nuts. It would be amazing with Japanese sushi or rich soups.SP8989 pts. - Wine Spectator - Aug 31, 2014 Shows a light rancio note, with a cheesy hint giving way to rather salty lemon pulp, jicama and chalk accents. Whiffs of straw and nectarine lend some depth and flesh to the finish. Drink now.WE8989 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 6/30/2009 More yellow than Lustau’s manzanilla, Jarana is a lovely, proper fino with a nose of iodine, lemon blossom and popcorn. The palate is staunch and doesn’t back down; the high-toned nut and citrus flavors seem classic and elevated. And the finish is intense and frames everything in walnut oil and toast.
Medium Dry Amontillado Blend NV / 750 ml. | Item#34715
RP8989 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 29th Dec 2014 The NV Contrabandista is a blend of the style called medium dry that is usually a very commercial category of cheap sherries. It is an off-dry blend of Palomino produced in an Amontillado way (biological + oxidative aging) and around 5% Pedro Ximénez with 30 grams of residual sugar which averages 18 years of age. It’s has a mahogany color, with a bright amber border with aromas of dates and raisins that give a sapid, bittersweet sensation in a medium-bodied palate of moderate sweetness. This is easy to drink. (Luis Gutiérrez)SP8989 pts. - Wine Spectator - Web only – 2013 Delivers a caressing feel, with caramel, prune, toffee and pecan notes. Well-embedded acidity carries the finish and adds life. Ever so slightly fluid in the end, presenting a lingering hint of coffee.
RP9090 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 30th Jun 2005 The dry, medium amber-hued non-vintage Dry Amontillado Los Arcos offers good body as well as a heady personality.SP9090 pts. - Wine Spectator - Aug 31, 2016 Walnut, halva, singed almond and green tea notes give this an intriguing profile, flirting with an off-dry character. Stays dry through the bitter orange-edged finish. Drink now. 4,500 cases made.WS9090 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2017 This wine’s caramel flavors become more saline as the wine opens in the glass. It’s soft in texture and voluptuous in aromas, a seductive blend of sweet, concentrated liqueur-like fruit and salt.
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RP9292 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 28th Aug 2013 The NV Tio Diego Amontillado Palomino from the Macharnudo vineyard, is fermented in botas, aged biologically for 10 years under flor in a solera separated from Inocente, and with a further five years of oxidative aging. It has a beautiful, perfumed nose of dry flowers, very elegant and clean, subtle, with some saline notes, both in the nose and the palate, where it is balanced, medium-bodied and elegant. A very fine Amontillado, showing superb value for a 15-year-old wine. Drink 2013–2019.SP9292 pts. - Wine Spectator - Oct 31, 2013 Smoky and taut, featuring date, dried orange peel, clove, singed sandalwood and salted caramel notes. The dry, nervy finish has lots of tension. Begs for salted almonds. Drink now. 1,600 cases made.
RP9292 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 1st Feb 2003 Impressive is the superb non-vintage Manzanilla Papirusa. Its light straw color is accompanied by a spicy, nutty nose, elegant, dry flavors, delicious purity, and a smoky intensity. It would be fabulous with sushi. Drink it over the next year.SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Jun 30, 2017 Lovely quinine, verbena, white peach and lemon peel notes mingle here, with a long, rippling finish that brings you back for more. Drink now. 4,000 cases made.WS9191 pts. - Wine & Spirits - June 30, 2011 A textbook Manzanilla, this has all the delicate simplicity of saline––almost citrus––flavors in a fresh, elegant and balanced wine that’s enchanting in its lightness. The hint of green olive in the finish brings to mind jamón Ibérico and fresh melon to match.WE9090 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 6/30/2009 Textbook Manzanilla! Papirusa is a clean, mildly salinic offering with green banana and toast aromas. The palate is just salty enough, but the wine’s more about almond, apple and lemon peel than saline. And the feel and finish are nutty and warm. A full-bodied but refreshing style as only Lustau can do.
RP9494 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 28th Aug 2013 The NV Fino Inocente must be one of the few wines in Jerez that is still fermented in 600-liter American oak botas, which is an incredible amount of work compared with fermenting tens of thousands of kilos of grapes (or even more) in a big stainless steel tank. This method was the norm of yesteryear, but is so labor intense that it was discontinued in most wineries, and gives a big diversity of wines, as each barrel has its own character, which contributes to the complexity of the blend. Furthermore, the bottled wine is on average 8 to 10 years old. One other thing that makes it apart from other Finos is that the grapes are exclusively from the high part of the Macharnudo vineyard, so this is a single-vineyard Fino. The nose is very complex, showing the effect of the long lees contact: chalk, dried hay, aromatic herbs and salty almonds. The palate is full, but at the same time elegant and balanced, powerful and fine, with the texture of a Meursault rather than a Puligny. A very complex wine, that manages to be both powerful and elegant. Inocente is great value for money. Drink 2013–2016.WS9494 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2013 Inocente is one of the only Fino Sherries (and perhaps the only one) that still follows the tradition of fermentation in wood. The slow exposure to oxygen as it ages in barrels increases the wine’s aromatic complexity, the notes fanning out beyond salt and citrus toward herbs and smoke. It feels tense and firm, driven by electric acidity, ready for tapas, like boquerones or fried baitfish.SP9292 pts. - Wine Spectator - Oct 31, 2013 High-pitched, featuring talc, chamomile, chalk and jicama notes, followed by a pure, stone-tinged finish. Very graceful, lacy and long. Drink now. 2,500 cases made.
SP9292 pts. - Wine Spectator - May 31, 2018 A bright, high-pitched style, showing tangy quinine and chamomile notes laced with talc and fleur de sel flavors. Very dry, brisk, stony-edged finish. An absolute delight. Drink now. 62,000 cases made.WS9292 pts. - Wine & Spirits - April 1, 2005 Consistently one of the finest traditional manzanillas you’ll ever taste, La Gitana might as well be the Webster’s entry for the category; pale straw color, salty seaside freshness and a dry, tangy, yet rich flavor. And that flavor lingers after each sip, too, like sea spray.WE8989 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 11/15/2004 The benchmark among fino-style Sherries is La Gitana. Simply put, it’s a classic. Pour yourself a copita of this beauty and sip it while munching some olives, peanuts or pistachios. Shazzam! You’re transported to a whitewashed village in Andalusia. Aromas of mushroom and yeast are just as they should be. And deep within are subtle flavors of marzipan and citrus. The long, salty, bone-dry finish cleanses the palate and primes your appetite for better things to come.RP8888 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 1st Aug 2013 The NV Manzanilla La Gitana is a fresh Manzanilla aged under flor for five years of pale gold color, has some bruised apple notes on the nose, typical of younger wines. It develops some citric and chalky notes with time and air. The palate is quite soft, medium-bodied, with a bitter touch in the end. 1,200,000 bottles are filled yearly. Drink 2013–2014.
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WE9393 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 6/30/2009 With piercing aromas of raisin pudding, molasses and spice, this rolls out the welcome mat and more. Luscious is probably as tame as you can put it; this is a ribald sweet wine with acidic backbone and hugely intense flavors of baked brown sugar, cinnamon cake and molasses. Powerful but still racy due to bracing acidity. About as good as it gets with P.X.WS9292 pts. - Wine & Spirits - June 1, 2011 The exuberant and saturated sweet flavors of sun-ripened grapes spread throughout the entire palate, sustained by firm acidity. That acidity imposes its mineral tones, without overshadowing the seductive caramel sensation that lasts. Serve it chilled as a digestif.SP8989 pts. - Wine Spectator - Nov 15, 2011 Caramel brown in color, with the viscosity of motor oil, this is soft yet firm, carrying flavors of walnut, dried fig and burnt sugar. Sweet but not oppressively so, with a slightly bitter finish. Drink now. 500 cases imported.
WS9191 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2013 Generous in its flavors of figs and nuts, this is a medium-weight moscatel, fresh enough to accompany baked apples for dessert, and sweet enough to drink on its own, after dinner.WE9090 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 12/15/2009 Dark brown in color, with sweet aromas of candied fruit, brown sugar and mocha. The palate is lively and warm, with zesty yet baked flavors of toffee, caramel and apricot. A little fiery and driving on the finish, with a lasting spice note. Excellent for an aged, dark-style Moscatel.SP8888 pts. - Wine Spectator - Web only – 2014 This avoids the slightly cloying edge found in most Moscatel Sherries, with bright green tea and ginger notes adding lift and freshness to the rum-soaked raisin, tiramisu and fig flavors. Drink now.
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