La Bota de Manzanilla #113 "Navazos", Equipo Navazos

La Bota de Manzanilla #113 "Navazos", Equipo Navazos

Item # 26854 750mL

Rare, hard to find and just exquisite. This dry, complex Manzanilla, named "Navazos," was created by two sherry experts for the love of the wine. They stumbled on old casks at Bodegas Sanchez Ayala, a local boutique bodegas and the project was born. The casks, or Botas, are numbered in sequence. Following the tradition of Sanlúcar, this Manzanilla is aged along a dozen scales that are frequently run (refreshed) with small sacas or wine drawn out from the solera.The original grapes are single vineyard and this sherry is produced in minute quantities. You will find broad, complex notes of tangy salted cashews, seaside toffee under aromas that evolve as the wine sits in glass. Appropriate for all sherry geeks and a fine partner to any tapas, especially with pork.

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  • Limited Production: Only 1 bottle(s) per customer
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About the Producer

Jerez, Spain The story of Equipo Navazos is the story of a passion shared by a group dedicated to traditional Andalusian wines. Aware of the sleeping treasures that rested buried in the cellars of Jerez, Sanlúcar and El Puerto, as well as in and around Montilla, Jesus Barquín, Quim Vila and Dirk Niepoort decided to rescue some of these jewels. In 2005 they started to select specific butts of...

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Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

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Jerez

Sherry actually gets its name from our anglo-inability to pronounce the word “Jerez,” the town at the southern end of Spain in which the wine is produced. Like Champagne, Sherry can only be called Sherry if it comes from this specific region. That said, there are other “Sherry-styled” wines worthy of note produced outside of the Sherry D.O. (known as vinos generosos). Montilla, lying to the north-east of Jerez, produces some of the finest Pedro Ximénez in the world.

Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Manzanilla refers to a Fino Sherry that comes from the seaside town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The proximity of the sea causes the flor to grow even thicker here, resulting in a very dry Sherry that has a distinctive briny, almost saline note. Manzanilla Sherry is light and refreshing - it spends an average of only three to five years in the solera. It should absolutely be consumed while young, within at most a year after its release. It works fantastically as an aperitif, as it pairs...

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Palomino

Accounting for over 90% of the vine plantings in Jerez, this relatively neutral grape provides the ideal “blank canvas” for the creation of fabulously complex Sherries (much like the Ugni Blanc grape does in Cognac).


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