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Alvear Fino "en Rama" Montilla - 2006

Name: Alvear Fino "en Rama" Montilla
Brand: Alvear
SKU: 00130
Price: 13.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 00130 500mL

Crisp and clean in the mouth with fruit-driven top notes and a core of earthy, nutty aromas. Classic Fino.

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Color

White

Vintage

2006

Country

Spain

Region

Montilla-Morilles

Producer

Alvear

Grape Variety

Pedro Ximenez

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Staff Pick Notes

“FALSTAFF: A good Sherris-Sack hath a two-fold operation in it: it ascends me into the Braine, dryes me there all the foolish, and dull, and cruddie Vapours, which environ it… the second propertie of your excellent Sherris, is, the warming of the Blood… … skill in the Weapon is nothing, without Sack (for that sets it a-worke.) and Learning, a meere Hoord of Gold, kept by a Devill, till Sack commences it, and sets it in act, and use… If I had a thousand Sonnes, the first Principle I would teach them, should be to forsweare thinne Potations, and addict themselves to Sack.” -- William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth”

- MCW

Glossary

Spain

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Fino

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Pedro Ximenez

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