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 13 de Brandy “Montilla”

Saca of February 2008 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 40,7% alc. Limited release: 400 bottles (50 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla For the first time since the first release in December 2005, Equipo Navazos has selected a brandy instead of one in the many different categories of traditional Andalusian wines. La Bota de…

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La Bota 12 de Pedro Ximénez “Montilla”

Saca of February 2008 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 10,5% alc. Limited release: 1,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla Bottled virtually at the same time as the 11th edition (La Bota de Pedro Ximénez de Jerez), the rationale behind this parallel release is the possibility to compare two very different styles…

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La Bota 11 de Pedro Ximénez “1/12”

Saca of January 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 17% alc. Limited release: 1,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Marqués del Real Tesoro, Jerez de la Frontera Like La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada (number 10), this old and pure Pedro Ximénez from Jerez is a radical novelty, not only within the editions of ‘La…

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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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