Saca of January 2010 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 16% alc. Limited release: 750 bottles (50 cl) Bodega: Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, Sanlúcar de Barrameda Edition number 10 of the “La Bota de…” series was made from a 1/15 “one in fifteen” solera (a solera made of only fifteen…
Saca of September 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 21% alc. Limited release: 600 bottles (37,5 cl) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera An old Andalusian winemaking tradition is to single out certain butts of superior quality with a “NO” chalk mark, and preserve those from the customary regime of extraction and refreshment.…
Saca of December 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 4,000 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera La Bota de Fino (18) “Macharnudo Alto” is a new release—extracted in December 2009—of the soleras that already yielded similar ventures in June 2006, April 2007, and June 2008. As…
Saca of January 2009 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20% alc. Limited release: 660 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Rey Fernando de Castilla. Jerez de la Frontera It is a common occurrence in the traditional Andalusian cellars that the butt located at the end of a row (thus called “bota punta” or “bota de…
Saca of January 2009 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 4,000 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda Following the same procedure as for releases number 4 and 8 in the series “La Bota de…”, this time we selected fifteen butts from the…
Saca of June 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 4,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera La Bota de Fino (15) MACHARNUDO ALTO is a third saca, performed in spring-summer 2008, from the soleras that gave birth to La Bota de Fino (number two and seven)…
Saca of June 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 22% alc. Limited release: 600 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera It is a winemaking tradition in Andalusia to mark with a “NO” several casks of particular quality, keeping them apart from the seasonal sacas that are at the core of…
Saca of February 2008 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 40,7% alc. Limited release: 400 bottles (50 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla For the first time since the first release in December 2005, Equipo Navazos has selected a brandy instead of one in the many different categories of traditional Andalusian wines. La Bota de…
Saca of February 2008 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 10,5% alc. Limited release: 1,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla Bottled virtually at the same time as the 11th edition (La Bota de Pedro Ximénez de Jerez), the rationale behind this parallel release is the possibility to compare two very different styles…
Saca of January 2008 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 17% alc. Limited release: 1,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Marqués del Real Tesoro, Jerez de la Frontera Like La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada (number 10), this old and pure Pedro Ximénez from Jerez is a radical novelty, not only within the editions of ‘La…
