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| HOME | STORY | WINES | LABELS | CONTACT | LA BOTA DE FINO (nº 7) “MACHARNUDO ALTO”, saca of April 2007 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 2,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera
La Bota de Fino (7) MACHARNUDO ALTO is a second saca, performed in spring 2007, from the soleras that gave birth to La Bota de Fino (number two) in June 2006. In this case Equipo Navazos selected 18 butts from among the 69 that form the oldest and deepest fino solera in the legendary cellars of Valdespino. Valdespino is one of the few Sherry houses, if not the only one, that still today lets its finos ferment following a traditional practice: in the butts where they are to remain afterwards to complete the biological ageing process under the veil of flor. La Bota de Fino “Macharnudo Alto” is also a terroir wine, since its scales are refilled exclusively with musts from the Macharnudo Alto vineyard, a truly privileged terroir to the north of Jerez, in the best area of the mythical Pago Macharnudo, that has belonged to Valdespino for centuries. This is a wine for connoisseurs, bottled unfiltered in order to preserve its intense color and racy character. It can be enjoyed upon release, but its evolution in bottle will continue to delight consumers for quite a while, provided it is carefully stored. Some of us fondly remember bottles of this wine opened after 35 and 45 years of storage. It performs best at temperatures ranging from 9/10º C, where it shows a lighter and fresher profile, to 14/15º C, where it fully displays its complex and rich aromatic range. On the table it is a most versatile wine: scargots a la llauna, lamb sweetbreads al ajillo, red tuna sushi, cap i pota, fried fresh bocartes, sférico olives… TASTING NOTES (from www.sobrevino.com) “Deep gold, almost copperish amber. This is truly shocking given the color of the finos I drink nowadays. The nose is very intense, marked by the aromas of prolonged crianza in butts. The palate is bitter, saline and pungent, with almond and salt notes, and extremely dry. This has the personality of a fino carried to the max. It is both powerful and fresh. The finish is endless. There is no point in wasting words on this: the wine is a perfect combination of intensity, complexity, and class; things that are hardly ever found inside the same bottle.” REVIEWS AND RATINGS: Wine of the Year Sibaritas Award 2008 Guía Peñín 2008: 98 pt “A monumental portrait of everything that biological crianza can express, with an unctuous texture like that of true finos of the past.” Jancis Robinson (www.jancisrobinson.com - June 2008): 19.5 pt “Voted Wine of the Year in 2008, I can quite see why it took the voters’ fancy. The nose is quite unlike any other fino I have tasted: macerated oyster shells? Electrified walnuts? Fusel oils. This wine is about 10 years old but there is still no shortage of fruit there. Quite stunning.”
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