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Bodegas Barbadillo, Palo Cortado En Rama Criadera Selection, NV

Fortified Wine from Jerez / Sherry, Spain
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Drawn from select criaderas (aged tiers in the solera system) and bottled en rama—unfiltered and minimally handled—this Palo Cortado from Bodegas Barbadillo offers a rare, vivid look into the heart of traditional Sherry aging. Somewhere between Amontillado and Oloroso in style, it combines the aromatic lift of flor aging with the depth and power of oxidative development.

The nose is layered and intense: toasted hazelnuts, orange peel, antique wood, sea spray, and dried herbs. The palate is bone-dry, concentrated, and textural, with brilliant acidity and a long, umami-laced finish. It’s not softened by fining or filtration—what you get in the glass is direct from the barrel, complex and alive.

Best served slightly cool in a white wine glass, Barbadillo’s En Rama Palo Cortado is built for food—pair it with jamón ibérico, hard cheeses, roasted mushrooms, or even a simple dish of olives and almonds. This is Sherry for serious drinkers—raw, cerebral, and incredibly rewarding.

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Robert Parker

94 points

"Barbadillo is somehow a specialist in Palo Cortado, and they now offer a younger, gentler and more straightforward NV Palo Cortado Criadera Selection from the Tío Río solera. It's an elegant oxidative wine, with an average age of 14 years, with a peachy nose, gentle and tender, but with a more saline and sharper palate with a bitter twist in the finish. It has an Oloroso nose and an Amontillado palate."

More about Bodegas Barbadillo

Founded in 1821 by Benigno Barbadillo, an entrepreneur from Burgos who made his fortune in Mexico, Barbadillo is the biggest Manzanilla producer and one of the biggest sherry houses overall. They own 500 hectares of vines, vinify all their own base wines, and age them in historic bodegas. Solear Manzanilla—their signature—set the template for everything that followed. Available in 50+ countries, they celebrated their 200th anniversary in 2021.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Palomino

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Earthy , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

100% PalominoSourced from particularly fine musts and aged primarily oxidatively for a total average of about 10 years in old American-oak botasSourced from criaderas in the Sacristía bodegaBottled en rama (minimal filtration)

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Cured ham, aged cheeses, roasted nuts, seafood dishes

Tasting Profile

Palo Cortado with almond, dried fruit, and complex spice. Medium body, dry, elegant and complex finish.