Textbook Fino, Tio Pepe is the world's best-seller, offering a generous bouquet with attractive yeasty, nutty character. Dry and refreshing, with a marked tang to the finish, served it chilled pre-dinner to whet the appetite.
Life can be fast and uncertain. So we shouldn’t waste too much time hemming and hawing over what to drink. When in doubt order sherry. Tio Pepe is a famous staple in the sherry world that everyone should try at least once. Tangy citrus, toasted almonds, light salt and pickling spices. While these aren’t the normal pinwheel of flavors people associate with white wines it makes for a simple and refreshing experience. Don’t believe me? Go to grand central (they serve it there), sit at the marble counter, and sip sherry. Watch the grand concourse pulse with people, then take a second sip and tell me life isn’t a little bit more wonderful.
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...
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...
Fino Sherries are the driest and most delicate of the lot. Here, the flor is at its thickest and most protective. This style of 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. Fino Sherry works fantastically as an aperitif, as it pairs particularly well with...
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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