Hidalgo, Manzanilla "La Gitana en Rama" Sherry
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Hidalgo, Manzanilla "La Gitana en Rama" Sherry

Item # 27262 750mL

A fabulous dry, complex Manzanilla, bottled just straight from the cask "en rama." This unfined, unfiltered completely natural Sherry is dry, savory with flor, salty almonds, grated citrus and beach front tang. Bracing and highly aromatic, this is a wines meant for sipping alongside olives, sardines, chorizo and garlic / peppery shrimp.

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Color
White
Country
Spain
Region
Jerez
Sub-Region
Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Producer
Hidalgo
Grape Variety
Palomino
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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...

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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.

Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Manzanilla refers to a Fino Sherry that comes from the seaside town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The proximity of the sea causes the flor to grow even thicker here, resulting in a very dry Sherry that has a distinctive briny, almost saline note. Manzanilla 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. It works fantastically as an aperitif, as it pairs...

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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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