Finolis en Rama

Fino from the June 2021 saca – D.O. Jerez – Xérès – Sherry Number of bottles produced: Limited.

Type of grape: Palomino
Vineyards: Pago de Carrascal (Viña Dos Mercedes)
Old age: Sherry statically aged for 4 years in 600L American oak barrels.
Alcohol content: 14.68% Vol

Tasting note

Pale golden color wine, pungent aromas, spicy floral notes. Notable for its concentration, structure, freshness, and elegance. On the palate, it is dry, very fresh, glyceric, and mineral.

Serving Suggestions

Ideal to accompany appetizers such as nuts or olives, pairs perfectly with cold meats, cured fish, salads, seafood, baked or salt-crusted fish, and fried fish, as well as an accompaniment to white meats.

Serve between 6º and 8º temperature.

Supplementary information

Elaboration of Finolis en Rama:: This vintage project is based on selecting Palomino grapes from a specific vineyard, in this case from old vines of Viña Dos Mercedes, in Pago de Carrascal. The peculiarity has been to naturally obtain the alcohol content of this wine through over-ripening on the vine and sun-drying. Once destemmed, these grapes are vertically pressed, yielding must with a yield of around 50%. This must is fermented in barrels and reaches 14.68° without the need for fortification. After fermentation and settling, it ages statically. Thus, this fermented wine is transferred to 600-liter barrels up to 80% of their capacity, which favors the formation of flor and spontaneously, biological aging.

Vintage characteristics:

Climatology: rainfall: 609 mm
Characteristics: low production

Vintage System Production: Unlike traditional sherry wines, aged through the “Solera and Criaderas” system, these vintage wines age statically. For their production, musts from old vines in the Pagos de Añina and/or Carrascal are selected, which are fortified to 15º for biological aging, or to 18º for oxidative aging. These wines are monitored during their aging, in which no intervention is made until the moment of selection for bottling. In contrast to the homogeneity provided by the Criaderas and Soleras System, where wines of different ages are methodically blended, each of these wines is unique and special. These wines reflect the harvest of the year and its particular climatic conditions, as well as the peculiar evolution of each one during its static aging.