El Maestro Sierra Amontillado [Fortified]
Producer: Bodegas El Maestro Sierra
Region: DO Jerez-Xéres-Sherry, Manzanilla

100% palomino fino, nurtured 6 years en solera (under flor) in American oak sherry "botas", alcohol boost before oxidative ageing for over 10 years.

Elegant & extraordinarily complex with almonds, dry fruit, a touch of old oak, beeswax and exotic spices.
Clean, fresh and smooth (despite a 17% ABV), great persistence, pure pleasure in a glass. Marvelous stuff, heavenly, beguiling.

The depth & complexity of a good amontillado has always fascinated. With food, as an aperitif or on it's own there's nothing like it!

[$H]
19 July 2024