Palo Cortado, VORS, 30 Years
Bodegas Tradicion

Palo Cortado, VORS, 30 Years, NV


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vintage


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Portfolio
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NV

75cl

DP

£120.79


NV

75cl

DP

£120.79


NV

6x75cl

DP

£724.80


NV

6x75cl

DP

£724.80



Bodegas Tradicion, Palo Cortado, VORS, 30 Years, NV

NV

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Bodegas Tradicion, Palo Cortado, VORS, 30 Years, NV

Palo Cortado is perhaps the most elusive of Sherry categories and the rarest of the dry wine styles. Here the aim is a wine that sits between the elegance of an Amontillado and the rich complexity of an Oloroso. Ageing takes place under flor for between 4 weeks and six months, after which the wines age oxidatively and without flor, in a solera for up to 40 years. The result is glorious, purring with long complex supple flavours of hazelnut, orange zest, and salt, with golden tobacco, roasted apple, almond notes in the background and a strong suggestion of olive and sea salt on the finish. Rancio complexity in a silken glove of a wine; of 150 fino casks, 8 are selected for Palo Cortado, a number whittled down to just 2 after one year in the solera. The bodega have full faith that once opened a bottle should last for up to a year if kept upright with the cork put back in - so there’s no need to rush through the bottle, would that restraint so easily be counted upon!

ABV:
19.5%

specifications

country:
Spain

region:
Andalucia

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Bodegas Tradicion

Bodegas Tradicion

Bodegas Tradición is a unique Sherry Bodega that bottles consistently genre-defining, mature wines that are a veritable assault on the senses - in the nicest possible way. By focusing on very old casks that have not been chill filtered, blended, stabilized, clarified, sweetened, or seen the addition of sulphites, Tradición have proven themselves one of the very best in the business. Proudly bottling small-batches with the highest average ages on the market, the range includes a twelve year old Fino, approximately four times as old and complex as your average Fino on the high street, and an Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado with average ages far exceeding the thirty-year VORS designates on the label. A twenty year old Cream Sherry VOS is the best we have ever tasted, the range capped by a lusciously sweet yet layered twenty year old Pedro Ximenez VOS. Each category provides great intellectual stimulation. Like all great wines though, the Bodegas Tradición Sherries are as splendid alone as they are with the right dishes, with food pairing potential way beyond the simple aperitif.

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