A dry oloroso sherry from famed Spanish sherry producer Gonzalez Byass, combining oloroso richness with a dry nuttiness to give a wine that is great alongside food.
A rare and interesting wine, palo cortado starts out life as a fino, aging under a layer of protective flor, before going on to age without the flor like an oloroso. Apostoles continues this secondary ageing up to a total of 30 years, including some time in ex-Pedro Ximénez casks, to produce a rich and concentrated sherry.
Pedro Ximenez Gonzales Byass Nectar is a dark golden sherry which a fully bodied flavour and long satisfying finish. It is rich in the flavours of fresh, well-ripened fruit and has a hint of woody character which makes it all the more memorable. An ageing period of around eight years delivers a sumptuous flavour and its best served in a tulip glass to allow the aroma and flavour to merge together beautifully, ensuring a taste you won’t forget.
Pedro Ximenez Noe is produced from partially sun and air dried grapes which then go through a process of pressing, fermentation and fortification, delivering a flavour which is as intense as its fresh and as fruity as it is tangy. A blend of vintages aged for at least 30 years come together to create this exceptional flavour and it has a stickiness about it which makes it even more enjoyable.
TIO PEPE Fino en Rama is the maximum expression of biological ageing; Tio Pepe without filtration or clarification, taken directly from the barrel in Spring when the ‘flor’ growth is at its thickest and in very small quantities. produced from the Palomino Fino grape variety grown in the chalky ‘albariza’ soil of Jerez. Aged for 5 years.
Uncompromisingly dry, refreshing and distinctive, Tio Pepe is the perfect partner for savoury nibbles, olives, fried fish, Spanish ham and of course tapas. Tio Pepe is best enjoyed within a year of bottling.
This bottling from the folks at Gonzalez Byass presents a piece of Jerez winemaking history! It uses Palomino Fino grapes which were vinified at the Viña Canariera wineries back in the '80s. This was the last time such a process was used by them, after which, the technique all but died out in the region and the grape variety was kept more or less exclusively for sherry production. This wine has been ageing since 1986 and only two butt casks were selected for this bottling, so it really is a rarity and a bit of a lost relic!
Sweet figs and prunes, rich dark molasses, bright wood and alluring spice.
VERY RARE SWEET PALOMINO.
Features flavours of roasted nuts and raisins, with a subtly spicy finish
Deep golden in colour
Fragrant aromas of candied orange, dried fruit and toasted almonds
Serve with cheesecake, flan, bread pudding or crème brulee
Alcohol by volume 18%
Gonzales Byass Matusalem Oloroso has been aged for over three decades and sweetened with additional Pedro Ximenez, delivering a deep and intense flavour you won’t be able to help yourself from drinking. Toffee, walnut and dried fruit come through in the nose and the flavour follows the same route, with oaky dryness adding additional depth to the overall experience. A truly high quality Oloroso, enjoy this before or after dinner as you see fit.
Sherry is a spanish fortified wine made with white grapes, primarily the Palomino grape, grown near the town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. Due to the fermentation and fortification processes involved in making sherry, most are initially dry and the sweetness is later added.
