Tasting Notes
Expert reviews of Sherry and Manzanilla wines. Scored 0-100, with producer, vintage and buying recommendation.
Amoroso (Medium)
Medium (Amoroso) is Bodegas El Maestro Sierra’s medium expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records approx. 15-year oloroso blended with px, then further cask ageing.…
Oloroso 15 Años
Oloroso is Bodegas El Maestro Sierra’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 1/14 VORS
The 1/14 designation refers to the single barrel from which this VORS Oloroso is drawn: one bota from a solera of fourteen. Average age exceeds fifty years; the formal VORS…
Oloroso Extraviejo 1/7 VORS
Extraviejo — literally «very old» — signals the extreme age category within El Maestro Sierra’s Oloroso range. The 1/7 designation identifies the specific barrel: one of seven in a solera…
Cream El Maestro Sierra
El Maestro Sierra’s Cream is a blend of the house’s dry Oloroso with approximately thirty percent Pedro Ximénez, aged together in old American oak to allow the components to integrate…
Matusalem Oloroso Dulce VORS
Matusalem VORS is Bodegas Tío Pepe / González Byass’s cream vors expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records 30 years. The profile remains tied to…
Obispo Gascón VORS
Obispo Gascón VORS is Bodegas Barbadillo’s palo cortado vors expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records more than 30 years. The profile is kept edition-specific…
Palo Cortado Reliquia
Reliquia Palo Cortado is Bodegas Barbadillo’s very old palo cortado expression within its current or recently verified portfolio. The current documentation records more than 100 years, producer-declared. The profile is…
Pedro Ximénez La Cilla
La Cilla is Barbadillo’s standard Pedro Ximénez, aged for approximately seven years in the solera system. Pedro Ximénez grapes are sun-dried on estera mats after harvest, concentrating the sugars to…