La Bota 26 de Amontillado “Cinco años después…”

Saca of December 2010 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 22% alc. Very limited release: 200 units (50 cl.) bottled, of which less than 100 have been distributed Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla It is now the fifth birthday of our adventure at Equipo Navazos. It all started one fine late autumn morning in 2005 in Sanlúcar,…

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La Bota 25 de Pedro Ximénez “Bota NO”

Saca of September, 2010 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 15% alc. Limited release: 1,500 bottles (50 cl.) Bodega: Gracia, Montilla In the Bodega Principal of Gracia Hermanos, next to the railway station in Montilla, there is a small solera of very old PX made of only seven butts that have spent many years…

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La Bota 24 de Fino Amontillado “Montilla”

Saca of September, 2010 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 15,6% alc. Limited release: 2,600 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla A Fino on its way toward becoming an Amontillado, a wine traditionally labeled by winemakers and connoisseurs as Fino Amontillado—no matter how unfavorable the current legislation seems to be toward this ancient…

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La Bota 23 de Amontillado “Bota NO”

Saca of May 2010 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 21% alc. Limited release: 1,400 bottles (50 cl.)   This is a very old wine, from the same bodega in the ancient “de la Balsa” quarter in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in which La Bota de Amontillado no. 1 and no. 9 “Navazos”, and La…

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La Bota 22 de Manzanilla “Navazos”

Saca of May 2010 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 4,500 bottles (75 cl.) Following the same procedure as for releases number 4, 8 and 16 in the series “La Bota de…”, this time we selected twenty two butts from the solera of the best-aged manzanilla in…

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La Bota 21 de Palo Cortado “Jerez”

Saca of February 2010 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20,5% alc. Limited release: 1700 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino. Jerez de la Frontera The rich diversity of soleras of exceptional quality hosted in the different cellar facilities owned by Grupo Estévez on the outskirts of Jerez is truly impressive. This is largely due…

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La Bota 20 de Manzanilla Pasada “Bota Punta”

Saca of January 2010 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 16% alc. Limited release: 750 bottles (50 cl) Bodega: Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, Sanlúcar de Barrameda Edition number 10 of the “La Bota de…” series was made from a 1/15 “one in fifteen” solera (a solera made of only fifteen…

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La Bota 19 de Viejo Cream “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.…

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La Bota 18 de Fino “Macharnudo Alto”

Saca of December 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 4,000 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera La Bota de Fino (18) “Macharnudo Alto” is a new release—extracted in December 2009—of the soleras that already yielded similar ventures in June 2006, April 2007, and June 2008. As…

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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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