La Bota 10 de Manzanilla Pasada “1/15”

Saca of January 2008 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15,4% alc. Limited release: 2,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, Sanlúcar de Barrameda “A Chevalier-Montrachet of a wine”!!! (Jancis Robinson) This is a wine of slightly 15% alc. selected some 22 years ago by Rafael Rivas, cellar…

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La Bota 9 de Amontillado “Navazos”

Saca of October 2007 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20% alc. Limited release: 1,400 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda Almost two years have passed since Equipo Navazos launched, almost by sheer chance, its project “La Bota de…” It all started with the visit of three wineloving friends…

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La Bota 8 de Manzanilla “Las Cañas”

Saca of October 2007 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 2,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The fourth edition—now sold out—of “La Bota de…” was selected from the oldest manzanilla in the house of M. Sánchez Ayala, located in the Barrio…

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La Bota 7 de Fino “Macharnudo Alto”

Saca of April 2007 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 2,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera La Bota de Fino (7) MACHARNUDO ALTO is a second saca, performed in spring 2007, from the soleras that gave birth to La Bota de Fino (number two) in June…

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La Bota 6 de Palo Cortado “Bota Punta”

Saca of April 2007 D.O.Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 21% alc. Limited release: 300 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: M. Gil Luque, Jerez de la Frontera   Palo Cortado BOTA PUNTA, like other preceding sherries and montillas in this series, is a wine of extraordinary depth and complexity, of world class. Its ultimate origin can…

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La Bota 5 de Amontillado Viejísimo “NPI”

Saca of January 2007 D.O.Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 22% alc. Limited release: 200 bottles (37,5 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The fifth edition in the series was selected at the same time as La Bota de Manzanilla that was number four. The oldest wine in the House of Sánchez…

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La Bota 4 de Manzanilla “Las Cañas”

Saca of January 2007 D.O. Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda 15% alc. Limited release: 1,500 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The fourth release in the “La Bota de…” series was La Bota de Manzanilla “Las Cañas”, a wine produced under the control of EQUIPO NAVAZOS…

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La Bota 3 de Pedro Ximénez “De Rojas”

Saca of October 2006 D.O. Montilla-Moriles 11% alc. Limited release: 800 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Pérez Barquero, Montilla The third release took Equipo Navazos to Montilla, following the steps of one of the illustrious names in the history of Spanish science: Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio, scientist and liberal…

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La Bota 2 de Fino “Macharnudo Alto”

Saca of June 2006 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 15% alc. Limited release: 800 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Valdespino, Jerez de la Frontera The second selection was an unshaven fino from Bodegas Valdespino, the only house in Jerez that still today lets its finos ferment following a traditional practice: in the butts where…

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La Bota 1 de Amontillado “Navazos”

Saca of December 2005 D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry 20% alc. Limited release: 600 bottles (75 cl.) Bodega: Miguel Sánchez Ayala S.A. Sanlúcar de Barrameda The ageing cellars of Sánchez Ayala can be found in the Barrio Bajo of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, an area stolen from the River Guadalquivir Estuary along the centuries.…

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