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Manzanilla  · NV  ·  Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Solear En Rama

Vintage NV (saca-specific)
Average age Pending — saca must be specified
Alcohol 15%
Grape 100% Palomino Fino
Classification NV
Ageing Biological
Sweetness Bone dry
Sugar Dry fortified style; estimated dry range (≤4 g/L), exact residual sugar not disclosed
Bottling En Rama
Format 37.5cl
Price Pending commercial verification
Appellation Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

TASTING NOTE

Solear En Rama is one of the founding documents of the modern en rama movement. Barbadillo was the first bodega to release a Manzanilla in unfiltered form — beginning in 1999 with Solear — and in doing so established a template that has since been adopted across the entire region. Released four times a year as seasonal sacas, each edition reflects the state of the flor at a specific moment: winter, spring, summer and autumn, each with its own character and intensity.

The wine is bottled as a Manzanilla Pasada, around eight to nine years old, drawn from the best barrels in the Solear system. En rama means no fining, no filtration, no cold stabilisation: the wine as it exists in the barrel, transferred directly to the bottle. The nose is richer and more complex than the standard Solear — warm hay, dried chamomile, lemon peel, a deeper saline register and the low golden glow of aged flor. The palate has a broader, more textural presence, with greater length and depth. An essential reference point for the Manzanilla category.

PRODUCER Barbadillo
STYLE Manzanilla
CLASSIFICATION NV
APPELLATION Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda
GRAPE 100% Palomino Fino
AGEING Biological
BOTTLING En Rama
SCORE NR