Sherry is arguably the most undervalued fine wine in the world. While Classed Growth Bordeaux and Grand Cru Burgundy command four-digit prices, the best Sherries can be procured for well under $100. As the outstanding wines of Equipo Navazos demonstrate, Sherry can happily sit shoulder-to-shoulder alongside the world’s greatest wine when it comes to complexity.
For those not acquainted with Equipo Navazos, they do not make wine per se, but selects and bottles wines from selected bodegas in Jerez and Sanlucar de Barrameda. Thus far, all styles of Sherry have been bottled under the Equipo Navazos label, as well as Brandy de Jerez. In some respects, Equipo Navazos is rather like an independent bottler one sees in the whisky world.
La Bota de Manzanilla displays the traits one has become accustomed to seeing with Equipo Navazos releases. It is at one enormously powerful and concentrated, remarkably complex and refined. It is, by any measure, a ‘fine’ wine; a very adult one at that.
NV LA BOTA DE MANZANILLA NO. 42
Producer: Equipo Navazos
Variety: Fortified Wine - Sherry
Vintage: Non-vintage
Region: Andalucia, Spain
ABV: 15%
Closure: Natural cork
Retail Price: $60.00
Date tasted: 24 December 2013
Tasting Note:
Golden yellow. Powerful and complex nose; freshly baked sourdough, grilled hazelnuts, lemon zest, bruised apples. Very dry on the palate, with excellent follow through. A wine to sip and contemplate. Improves with air. Outstanding.
Score: 19/20
For those not acquainted with Equipo Navazos, they do not make wine per se, but selects and bottles wines from selected bodegas in Jerez and Sanlucar de Barrameda. Thus far, all styles of Sherry have been bottled under the Equipo Navazos label, as well as Brandy de Jerez. In some respects, Equipo Navazos is rather like an independent bottler one sees in the whisky world.
La Bota de Manzanilla displays the traits one has become accustomed to seeing with Equipo Navazos releases. It is at one enormously powerful and concentrated, remarkably complex and refined. It is, by any measure, a ‘fine’ wine; a very adult one at that.
NV LA BOTA DE MANZANILLA NO. 42
Producer: Equipo Navazos
Variety: Fortified Wine - Sherry
Vintage: Non-vintage
Region: Andalucia, Spain
ABV: 15%
Closure: Natural cork
Retail Price: $60.00
Date tasted: 24 December 2013
Tasting Note:
Golden yellow. Powerful and complex nose; freshly baked sourdough, grilled hazelnuts, lemon zest, bruised apples. Very dry on the palate, with excellent follow through. A wine to sip and contemplate. Improves with air. Outstanding.
Score: 19/20
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