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| HOME | STORY | WINES | LABELS | CONTACT | AWARDS | LA BOTA DE VIEJO CREAM (nº 19) BOTA "NO", saca of September 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 21% alc. Limited release: 600 bottles (37,5 cl) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera
An old Andalusian winemaking tradition is to single out certain butts of superior quality with a “NO” chalk mark, and preserve those from the customary regime of extraction and refreshment. The logic consequence of this practice is that wines thus raised become increasingly old and concentrated. Sometimes, the identification of a certain butt as a “NO” butt coincides with its location at the end of a row of butts, in which case the same vessel becomes “bota NO” and “bota punta”. Such coincidence is indeed the case of Viejo Cream BOTA NO, a sweet oloroso resulting from the blend with top quality pedro ximénez occurred right from the birth of the solera, likely over a century ago. During all these decades the wine has become increasingly refined, reaching—thanks to the patience of the succeeding generations of winemakers in charge of looking after it—a prodigious balance in the ensemble between the racy old oloroso and the pleasant expressive sweetness of the pedro ximénez. In the end, the resulting wine is today extremely old and complex, a wine that will captivate the connoisseur and also appeal to more inexperienced palates not used to the untamed acidity and concentration of dry Sherries of similar age. TASTING NOTES: Jamie Goode: “Brown colour. Sweet, complex, warm raisiny nose. The palate is superconcentrated and intense with some sweet raisiny notes but also lively, spicy, mineral, nut and citrus flavours. Warm and complex, this has an eternal finish." (at www.wineanorak.com) José Luis Giménez: “Awesome and amazing are the first two adjectives that arise. Exceptional complexity, multilayered, wrapping each one to each other, up and down, showing and hiding. Despite its complexity it's by no means overwhelming. It's really great. The most absolutely balance. Spicy, curry? ras-el-hanout? raisins, dates without that cloying sweetness, coffee, dried orange skin, sweet fruit over the Roscón de Reyes, dried peaches and apricots with a touch of angostura. Infinity. Maybe it's one the wines most impressives I've ever tasted." (at www.wine-pages.com - UK Wine Forum, september 2010) REVIEWS AND RATINGS: Margaret Rand (Decanter, mayo 2010): ***** 20 pt "Peaty, complex, austere and quite extraordinary." Jamie Goode (www.wineanorak.com, mayo 2010): 95 pt Guía Peñín 2010: 94 pt Eugenio Sáenz de Miera: “un vino de verdadera antología, la quintaesencia del Cream." (blog en www.verema.com) Verema.com: 9,9 pt (averaged after 4 tasting notes, by 26 november 2010) |
