Tasting Notes
Expert reviews of Sherry and Manzanilla wines. Scored 0-100, with producer, vintage and buying recommendation.
Palo Cortado Solera
Palo Cortado Solera is Cayetano del Pino’s palo cortado expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records 18 years. The profile remains tied to the exact…
Palo Cortado VOS
Palo Cortado VOS is Cayetano del Pino’s palo cortado vos expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records more than 20 years. The profile remains tied…
Manzanilla La Gitana
Manzanilla La Gitana is Bodegas Hidalgo-La Gitana’s manzanilla expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records approx. 5 years. The profile is kept edition-specific where the…
Manzanilla Pasada Pastrana
Manzanilla Pasada Pastrana is Bodegas Hidalgo-La Gitana’s manzanilla pasada expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records approx. 12 years. The profile is kept edition-specific where…
Amontillado Napoleón
Napoleón is Hidalgo’s flagship Amontillado, named for the French emperor whose army was supplied with the wine during the Peninsular War. The bodega simultaneously sold wine with a Wellington label…
Amontillado Napoleón VORS
The VORS version of Napoleón carries an average age of around forty years — a dramatic extension of the character established in the standard Napoleón, with four decades of additional…
Oloroso Seco Faraón
Oloroso Faraón is Bodegas Hidalgo-La Gitana’s oloroso expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The profile is kept edition-specific where the public documentation is incomplete. The current documentation records…
Oloroso Faraón VORS
The VORS version of Faraón carries an average age of forty or more years — one of the finest old dry Olorosos produced in Sanlúcar. The additional decades have done…
Palo Cortado Wellington VOS
Wellington VOS takes its name from the Duke of Wellington, whose army was supplied with Hidalgo’s wine during the Peninsular War at the same time as Napoleon’s forces received the…