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Callejuela, Oloroso "El Cerro" Sherry

Name: Callejuela, Oloroso "El Cerro" Sherry
Brand: Callejuela
SKU: 39413
Price: 54.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

500 mL

Item # 39413

José “Pepe” Blanco and his brother Francisco “Paco” Blanco started the Callejuela winery with their father and “dos botas viejas” in 1980 within the family home where their offices still remain. This intensely flavored Olorosso spends 25 years in the solera from barrels racked high in the cellar where the flor does not form.

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Color

White

Country

Spain

Region

Jerez

Producer

Callejuela

Grape Variety

Palomino

Staff Pick Notes

The Blanco brothers, José and Francisco Jr, along with their father Francisco have been farming their chalk crusted vineyard sites since 1980 selling their wine must to local bodegas. They started their own label in 1998, waiting patiently on their soleras, and bottled their first wines in 2015. They insist on harvesting 2 weeks after their neighbors to ensure extra ripeness in their fruit. This allows for less fortification with brandy and allows the full expression of chalk influenced palomino grapes. This Oloroso has seen 25 years of solera aging, with exposure to oxygen. It drinks incredibly dense and layered with flavors of roasted walnuts, hazelnuts, sea air, and buttered rum. Acidity gives the wine plenty of energy. The finish endures for minutes. Have this with a morsel of Stilton.

- CP

More About This Wine

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...

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.

Oloroso

This style of Sherry is dark, rich, full-bodied and complex. Oloroso Sherries mature in cask for up to 25 years with no flor whatsoever, and are thus directly exposed to oxygen over a long period of time. This oxidation gives Oloroso its dark color and powerful aroma, and makes it the perfect accompaniment to hearty stews or meat dishes (if not on its own as a digestif). Olorosos are generally dry unless otherwise specified (as in the case of “sweet Olorosos” in which small quantities of...

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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