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White
375ml
Bottle: $13.00
12 bottles: $12.35
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375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $35.39
A supple, concentrated red, with plum, blackberry, earth and iron flavors permeating the rich texture. Stays...
WS
92
White
375ml
Bottle: $13.48
24 bottles: $9.51
Intense nose of toffee, coconut, spicy fruitcake and chocolate; rich and concentrated, well-integrated sweetness,...
DC
90
White
375ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
Smoke and brioche aromas. Elegant palate with subtle stony, iodine notes. Squeaky clean, with a salty delicacy.
DC
94
WA
93
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White
375ml
Bottle: $9.94 $11.00
Unique aromas of dried apples, lemon blossom, almonds and cream. Hints of seaweed. Full-bodied, yet focused and tight...
JS
94
WS
91
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White
375ml
Bottle: $10.94 $11.70
The non-vintage Dry Amontillado Los Arcos Solera Reserva reveals a medium amber hue along with a nutty, honeyed, dry...
WA
93
JS
92
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White
375ml
Bottle: $10.94 $11.70
The wines recommended here have been selected by a broad range of educated palates, then rated and described by one...
DC
92
W&S
92
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White
375ml
Bottle: $13.44 $15.00
As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino...
WA
94
DC
93
Sale
White
375ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.00
About five to six years old, from La Guita bodega. Bright astringency and vivid intensity, with a long, refreshing...
DC
94
Sale
White
375ml
Bottle: $14.94 $15.84
Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with...
WS
93
WA
90
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White
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $101.95
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
White
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $97.06
At the end of 2010, when Equipo Navazos' adventure turned five years old, we were lucky that our friends at Pérez...
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Long-term Pre-Arrival
White
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $53.95

Barbera Mencia Sherry 375ml

For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.