An incredibly expressive Paolo Cortado. This Mahogany beauty started its life from Inocente Fino and Tio Diego Amontillado barrels. As the flor did not take, it becomes a Palo Cortado - a rare, not often seen Sherry. On this Dry rounded palate, one finds notes of dried fig, savory spices and dark vanilla bean. Aromas of white Turkish figs and warm hazelnuts dominate. Serve after dinner with cheese or as an afternoon treat with finger sandwiches or Spanish dates and Cabrales. This wine, Calle Ponce or Ponce Street is named for the road on which Valdespino's old bodega was located.
What a wonderful and expressive Sherry. Valdespino is known for making rustic, intense, and often austere Sherries that are never ever boring. This is no exception and is perhaps the most elegant Sherry in its line up. Notes of coffee, salt, butterscotch toffee, orange, etc. titillate, enthrall, and seduce!
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...
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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