La Bota 17 de Palo Cortado “Bota Punta”

Saca of January 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20% alc. Limited release: 660 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Rey Fernando de Castilla. Jerez de la Frontera It is a common occurrence in the traditional Andalusian cellars that the butt located at the end of a row (thus called “bota punta” or “bota de…

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La Bota 16 de Manzanilla “Navazos”

Saca of January 2009 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 4,000 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda Following the same procedure as for releases number 4 and 8 in the series “La Bota de…”, this time we selected fifteen butts from the…

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La Bota 15 de Fino “Macharnudo Alto”

Saca of June 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 4,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera La Bota de Fino (15) MACHARNUDO ALTO is a third saca, performed in spring-summer 2008, from the soleras that gave birth to La Bota de Fino (number two and seven)…

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La Bota 14 de Oloroso Viejísimo “Bota NO”

Saca of June 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 22% alc. Limited release: 600 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera It is a winemaking tradition in Andalusia to mark with a “NO” several casks of particular quality, keeping them apart from the seasonal sacas that are at the core of…

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La Bota 10 de Manzanilla Pasada “1/15”

Saca of January 2008 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15,4% alc. Limited release: 2,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, Sanlúcar de Barrameda “A Chevalier-Montrachet of a wine”!!! (Jancis Robinson) This is a wine of slightly 15% alc. selected some 22 years ago by Rafael Rivas, cellar…

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La Bota 9 de Amontillado “Navazos”

Saca of October 2007 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20% alc. Limited release: 1,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda Almost two years have passed since Equipo Navazos launched, almost by sheer chance, its project “La Bota de…” It all started with the visit of three wineloving friends…

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La Bota 8 de Manzanilla “Las Cañas”

Saca of October 2007 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 2,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The fourth edition—now sold out—of “La Bota de…” was selected from the oldest manzanilla in the house of M. Sánchez Ayala, located in the Barrio…

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La Bota 7 de Fino “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…

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La Bota 6 de Palo Cortado “Bota Punta”

Saca of April 2007 D.O.Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 21% alc. Limited release: 300 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: M. Gil Luque, Jerez de la Frontera   Palo Cortado BOTA PUNTA, like other preceding sherries and montillas in this series, is a wine of extraordinary depth and complexity, of world class. Its ultimate origin can…

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La Bota 5 de Amontillado Viejísimo “NPI”

Saca of January 2007 D.O.Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 22% alc. Limited release: 200 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The fifth edition in the series was selected at the same time as La Bota de Manzanilla that was number four. The oldest wine in the House of Sánchez…

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