Lustau Palo Cortado "Peninsula" Sherry

Name: Lustau Palo Cortado "Peninsula" Sherry
Brand: Lustau
SKU: 56964
Price: 29.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 56964 750mL

Palo Cortado, the rarest and most unique sherry style, combines dark, grand Oloroso character with the soft palate feel of fine Amontillado. This stellar bottling from Lustau has a rich and spicy nose with intense flavors and terrific length.

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Color

White

Country

Spain

Region

Jerez

Producer

Lustau

Grape Variety

Palomino

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Staff Pick Notes

Raisins, plums, dark chocolate, sea salt, and earthiness linger on the palate after the first sips of this magical Lustau, Palo Cortado 'Peninsula' sherry. Don’t be surprised if you detect some spice notes as well, like crushed Pasilla and Fresno chilies or Shishito peppers. This is a super rich, full, and rounded sherry ready to complement your dinner, from Spanish tapas to chorizo and smoked meats.

- DK

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...

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.

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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