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Hidalgo Amontillado "Napoleon" Sherry

Name: Hidalgo Amontillado "Napoleon" Sherry
Brand: Hidalgo
SKU: 57694
Price: 18.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 57694 500mL

A genuine dry Amontillado. This light caramel-colored sherry has nutty coffee notes and a distinctly briny appeal for true sherry lovers. Serve slightly chilled as an apéritif or with chicken, rabbit and of course salty tapas.

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Color

White

Country

Spain

Region

Jerez

Producer

Hidalgo

Grape Variety

Palomino

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Staff Pick Notes

The road to finding the perfect wine/cheese combo can be dark and full of terrors. And I think it's because you forgot to consider sherry! Although best known for their Manzanilla bottlings, Bodegas Hidalgo also offers this great value dry Amontillado.The Napoloeon La Gitana began as a delicate, briny Manzanilla, making the finished product quite soft. It gains nut-laden, more complex notes from oxidative aging, Oloroso style. Amontillado is known to coalesce with mushrooms, asparagus, and game birds. However, I favor this subtle expression of the style while I nibble on some cheese. Aged northern Italian like Parm or Grana Padano, nutty, sweet Alpines like Comte or Gruyere, crystalline Vermont clothbund cheddar, raw goat, young and firm, and ESPECIALLY aged Manchego are ALL wonderful with this sherry. Hop to it!

- TGZ

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.

Amontillado

These Sherries begin life as Finos but lose their flor at some point along the way (usually around the seven year mark in the solera). As they are exposed to oxygen, Amontillados develop intense, nutty aromas and become richer in texture. They are almost always dry, though many possess a caramelized note that may be perceived as sweetness. These Sherries can last two to three weeks (in the refrigerator) after opening, but should still be consumed relatively young. Amontillados fall into the...

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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