Palo Cortado en Rama 2002

Amontillado from the June 2023 release – D.O. Jerez – Xérès – Sherry Number of bottles produced: Limited.

Type of grape: Palomino
Vineyards: Pago Añina and Carrascal. (Jerez Superior)
Old age: Sherry with static aging for 20 years in 500 and 600L American Oak barrels
Alcohol content: 21.5% Vol

Tasting note

Amber/mahogany color with golden reflections. Great aromatic complexity, very delicate and subtle aromas. On the palate, it is very silky, fine, unctuous, extremely delicate, with hints of light tobacco, elegant, mineral, with a very long aftertaste, very balanced and subtle persistence.

Serving Suggestions

Ideal for consuming with nuts, aged cheeses, and at the table with well-concentrated consommés, stews, or gelatinous meats such as oxtail or pork cheeks.

Serve between 12º and 14º temperature.

Supplementary information

Palo Cortado 2002 Production: First-press must was selected in the 2002 harvest, spontaneously fermented, then fortified to 18% alcohol and left to age through physico-chemical aging, via losses in American oak barrels. Specifically, from the set of 24 casks, a special bottling was made from a selection of barrels, highlighting its exceptional finesse and showing all the fullness of the Albariza.

Vintage characteristics:

Climate: year with normal rainfall (584 L/m2)
Characteristics: Extremely fine wine, silky, pure expression of elegance and minerality.

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.