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Valdespino, Fino Sherry "Ynocente", NV

Fortified Wine from Jerez / Sherry, Spain
by Valdespino
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One of Jerez's most iconic Fino—sourced from a single vineyard in Macharnudo Alto where chalk-laden albariza soils limit yields and intensify minerality. Valdespino is one of the last bodegas fermenting Fino in wooden casks with indigenous yeasts rather than stainless steel. Aged in solera under flor for ten years, with a saca (bottling) twice yearly. Super-refined and tangy with an edged, persistent finish.

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Robert Parker

94 points

"As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino Inocente in magnum, but in this case they have kept the bottles for six months as the wine is from the saca otoño 2016, the autumn bottling from 2016. So the wine is offered with some extra bottle age. It has all that you expect from Inocente, a long aging wine fermented in bota from grapes grown exclusively in the Macharnudo Alto vineyard and bottled with an average age of ten years. All the textbook aromas and flavors are there, coupled with the elegance and mineral intensity the Macharnudo white chalky soils provide. Customers who purchase one of this scarce magnums probably know Inocente already. This will have a longer development in bottle." —Luis Gutiérrez

More about Valdespino

Almost no Sherry has an address, but Valdespino's do. This old Jerez house built its name on single-vineyard Sherry from Macharnudo, the hills of chalk-white albariza soil northwest of town that are counted among the greatest vineyard land in the whole region.

The Valdespino story in Jerez is traced all the way back to 1264, when a knight named Valdespino was granted land there; the family ran the bodega until 1999, when it was bought by Grupo Estévez. The old-school approach survived the sale. Valdespino is one of the last houses to ferment its base wines in oak barrels rather than steel, and its flagship, Fino Inocente from the Macharnudo Alto vineyard, ages under flor through ten criaderas instead of the usual three, reaching around ten years of age before bottling.

We once headlined these as “Champagne-like Sherry,” and it fits: chalk soils, long aging under yeast, and wines with real tension and precision. The range runs from bone-dry Fino, Manzanilla and the Amontillado Tío Diego through old Oloroso and Palo Cortado (including VOS and VORS bottlings, certified at over 20 and over 30 years) to sweet Moscatel and Pedro Ximénez. Start with Inocente, and treat it like the serious white wine it is.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Palomino

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Jamón, cured meats, almonds, aged hard cheeses, sautéed mushrooms, cured fish

Tasting Profile

Aromas of almonds, moss, sea salt, green apple, and toasty yeast. Crisp, texturally delicate, complex, with a saline mineral edge.

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