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Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla, Jerez-Xeres-Sherry Antique Fino, NV (500ml)

Fortified Wine from Jerez / Sherry, Spain
by Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla
$45.99
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This is Fino the way Jerez used to make it. Fernando de Castilla fortifies the Antique a second time at bottling, up to 17%, a step that was once common and that almost nobody bothers with anymore. It starts as a selection of barrels from the house's Classic Fino solera, set aside and left untouched for five years, then works through four criaderas of American oak to an average age of 9 years. That's serious age for a style usually sold young, heavily filtered and fortified only once. The whole time it lives under flor, the layer of yeast the Spanish call velo de flor. The Palomino comes from the estate's Pago Balbaino vineyard, which is farmed without pesticides or herbicides. Its soil is white albariza, a deep limestone marl that holds water exceptionally well. Jan Pettersen, a Norwegian who spent 15 years at Osborne, bought this 1837 house in 1999, and this bottle shows what his patience gets you. Serve it properly cold, at 5–8°C as the producer advises, and don't be surprised when a 500ml bottle runs out early.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Palomino

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    500ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Bowler Wine has to say about this wine:

100% Palomino Fino Aged on yeasts for 5 years and ABV is increased to 19%. Later subjected to oxidation and Solera Aged for 20 years.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Jamón ibérico and Marcona almonds; fried boquerones or pescaíto frito; gambas al ajillo; raw oysters; aged Manchego; olives and anchovy-stuffed piquillos; salt-cod croquetas.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic Fino profile, deepened by long ageing under flor: bread dough, toasted almond and chamomile, with a salty, chalky edge. It's bone dry with brisk freshness, and it carries more weight and nutty depth than a young, filtered Fino, finishing long and savoury. Think of a fuller, more concentrated take on the pale, tangy sherry most people know.