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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, exotic flavors and terrific length.
Sherry baby! My love of sherry just keeps growing—especially with my recent discovery of a beautiful, scarcely-produced category called Palo Cortado. This intensely-flavored, dry style combines the finesse and delicacy of an Amontillado with the richness of an Oloroso. Notes include dried apricots, roasted nuts, Dutch cocoa powder, hints of vanilla extract, and incredible salinity. Serve it lightly chilled with nuts, cheeses, and—of course—tapas. Or try it in the deliciously complex El Molino cocktail: 1.5oz Sombra Mezcal, 0.75oz Lustau Palo Cortado, 0.25oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram, 0.25oz White Creme de Cacao; And stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe (Jim Meehan, PDT). So coax sherry to come out tonight. You won't be sorry.
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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