{"title":"Sherry","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/SherryCollectionBanner.jpg?v=1543828147\" alt=\"The Bodegas Emilio Lustau Solera Sherry System\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Sherry and its complexities is a bit of a minefield and can leave many bewildered by the various styles and types. But it is quite simple: Sherry is fortified wine. However, it’s fortified after the fermentation, so unlike Port, all Sherry begins its life as a dry wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSherry is initially classified as one of two wines: Fino or Olosoro. A Fino is intended to be a light, crisp, delicate wine even at its usual alcohol level of 15% or more. The great Finos are aged in barrel underneath a yeast film called ‘flor’ (or ‘flower’) which protects the wine from oxygen, adding flavours and aromas as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat Finos have the tangy aroma of the ‘flor’ with its distinct almond character and aromas similar to mushroom and sometimes cheese rind. The Finos aged in the bodegas of the coastal town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda take on even more of the aromas of the ocean and are given the distinct name of ‘Manzanilla’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinos that eventually lose their ‘flor’ will be topped up, fortified to a higher level of alcohol (around 18 percent), and allowed to age into something called amontillado. Amontillado’s contain echoes of the character of the Fino from which they grew, but pecans, honey, caramel, toffee, nuts, dried fruits, and many other aromas and flavours begin to take over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other great category of Sherry is Oloroso. These are usually made sweet, although a handful of them are left dry. The term Oloroso can be loosely translated into something powerfully aromatic, and the long barrel ageing required for great Oloroso certainly gives it aromas, which might include toffee, walnuts, prunes, cherries, orange rind, spices, chocolate, and myriad other delectable, dessert-like characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSherry is also defined by its ‘solera’ process of ageing. Solera is a system of graduated blending whereby a portion of Sherry is drawn from an old barrel, which is subsequently filled from a barrel of younger Sherry. Barrels of younger and younger Sherries cascade downward so that old and new Sherries are gently and systematically blended together.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lustau-palo-cortado-peninsula-solera-familiar-sherry","title":"Lustau Palo Cortado Península Solera Familiar Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bodegas Emilio Lustau Palo Cortado Península is a multi-award winning sherry made from 100% Palomino. Aged in American oak casks in the traditional “Solera y Criaderas” system in the Lustau bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera. This exceptional sherry brings together the finesse and delicacy of an Amontillado with the richness and body of an Oloroso. An extremely versatile wine. Light amber in colour. It is nutty and dry with nuances of vanilla, mocha and dark chocolate. Dry and very concentrated, this wine has a long and elegant finish. Serve slightly chilled, between 13 - 14 ºC in a white wine glass with cheese or ibérico ham. Ideal with consommés, cold cuts, foie-gras and well-seasoned dishes.[#intro]An exceptional sherry that brings together the finesse of Amontilado with the richness of an Oloroso...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lustau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22180711006266,"sku":"LUSTAUPALOCORTADO","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Palo_Cortado_Peninsula.jpg?v=1543832177"},{"product_id":"lustau-pedro-ximenez-san-emilio-solera-familiar-sherry","title":"Lustau Pedro Ximénez San Emilio Solera Familiar Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bodegas Emilio Lustau Pedro Ximénez San Emilio is made from 100% Pedro Ximénez grapes, which are laid out in the sun after picking until they are practically raisins. This multi-award winning sherry is aged (average 12 years) in American oak casks in the traditional “Solera y Criaderas” system in the Lustau bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera. Ebony in colour with iodine highlights. The aromas are reminiscence of figs and raisins in the nose. Enormously sweet, velvety and soft on the palate, well balanced, with a very long finish. Serve slightly chilled, between 10-12ºC in a white wine glass with rich desserts, cakes and pastries, or pour over vanilla ice cream. Perfect companion for strong blue cheeses. Ideal as a digestive.[#intro]Enormously sweet, velvety and soft on the palate...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lustau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22181604196410,"sku":"LUSTAUPXSANEMILIO","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/PX_San_Emilio.jpg?v=1543834217"},{"product_id":"lustau-east-india-solera-rich-cream-sherry","title":"Lustau East India Solera Rich Cream Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe East India Solera Rich Cream Sherry is one of the great icons of Lustau. Its ageing process mimics that of some 17th century wines developed during transatlantic journeys to distant Spanish colonies. This multi-award winning rich cream sherry is a blend of 80% Palomino sweetened with 20% Pedro Ximénez. Each wine (Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez) is matured, separately in its own solera for 12 years. Once blended together, the resulting sherry is returned to a 45-cask solera for a further 3 years ageing. In centuries gone by, casks with sherry were lashed to ships sailing for the Indies as ballast and were found to develop an extraordinary smoothness and complexity. Lustau has revived this style of sherry in the East India wine. Dark mahogany in colour with green-amber edge. It offers vibrant notes of maple syrup, brown sugar, shoe polish, raisin and chocolate beer nuts, all very well integrated. On the palate it is smooth and rich at the beginning, full of prune and burned oranges peel flavours. Provocative spicy notes appear just before its nuttiness and terrific acidity cuts through the sweetness. A truly unforgettable finish. Serve slightly chilled, between 10 – 12ºC. This wine is a perfect companion to light desserts and cakes, but can also be served with creamy cheeses or foie-gras. Try it also on the rocks with a slice of orange, simply delicious.[#intro]A rich cream sherry of iconic status...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lustau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22181955928122,"sku":"LUSTAUEASTINDIA","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/East_India_Solera.jpg?v=1543835117"},{"product_id":"valdespino-inocente-pago-de-macharnudo-fino-sherry","title":"Valdespino 'Inocente' Pago de Macharnudo Fino Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Valdespino 'Inocente' is a single vineyard Fino (Dry) sherry produced exclusively from Palomino grapes grown in the Pago de Marcharnudo - one of the top single vineyard sites in the Jerez DO. Considering the finished wine is ten years old, it is bursting with freshness and flavour. Straw yellow in colour it displays savoury aromas with bread dough, almonds, olives and dried apples dominating on the nose. Bone dry and bracingly refreshing on the palate, with a saline minerality and a long and complex finish.[#intro] Considering this finished Fino is ten years old, it is bursting with freshness and flavour...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valdespino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32153546555459,"sku":"NVVALDESPINOFINO","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/InocenteDry.jpg?v=1604150000"},{"product_id":"valdespino-deliciosa-pago-miraflores-manzanilla-sherry","title":"Valdespino 'Deliciosa' Pago Miraflores Manzanilla Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Palomino grapes for the 'Deliciosa' Manzanilla come from Valdespino's single vineyard (Pago) Miraflores, which is situated in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. This award winning Manzanilla is produced using the traditional method of the Solera and Criadera system. The 'Deliciosa' Manzanilla is matured in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a town on the Atlantic coast, where the gentle sea breezes help to give this sherry a very dry, light, crisp and slightly salty flavour. Fresh and pungent to the nose it is pale golden in colour with a delicate yeasty, bready note on the nose, as well as a hint of flower blossom. On the palate it is very dry, crisp and fresh with a slightly saline finish. Serve chilled it is superb as an aperitif and can also accompany soups, seafood and fish dishes.[#intro]A very dry, crisp and fresh Manzanilla Sherry with a slightly saline finish...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valdespino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32153589186627,"sku":"VALDESPINOMANZ","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/DeliciosaManzanilla.jpg?v=1604152664"},{"product_id":"valdespino-tio-diego-amontillado-sherry","title":"Valdespino 'Tio Diego' Pago de Marcharnudo Amontillado Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis delicious Amontillado from Valdespino spends up to 16 years ageing both reductively and then oxidatively before bottling. Fermentation takes place in 600 litre American oak barrels. The fermentation temperature is controlled by not filling the barrels completely, then adding cooled grape must when necessary, to moderate the temperature. Once fermentation is finished, when 13% alcohol is reached, the wine is fortified to 15% and the veil of 'flor' (yeast) appears on the wine's surface, protecting it from oxygen and transforming its components. The new wine 'Sobretabla' spends one year in barrel before being transferred to the 'Solera of Tio Diego' for fractional blending. It spends eight to ten years ageing biologically, during which time around 50% of the 'flor' dies. The wine evolves naturally into oxidative ageing as the Flor dies off (there is no extra fortification to 18%). It achieves a higher strength by concentration and evaporation up to 18%. The average age of the final Sherry is over 20 years at the time of bottling. An intense amber in colour the nose shows notes of both the biological and oxidative ageing, yeast, bread, but also dried fruits and a hint of toffee, caramel and leather. Very dry, very complex, with a generous body and well balanced acidity.[#intro]A delicious, multiple-award winning, Amontillado sherry from the renown Valdespino stable...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valdespino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32153621594179,"sku":"VALDESPINOAMONT","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/TioDiegoAmontillado.jpg?v=1604159372"},{"product_id":"sandeman-character-superior-medium-dry-sherry","title":"Sandeman Character Superior Medium Dry Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sandeman Character Superior Medium Dry is a premium quality Amontillado Sherry, aged for an average of nine years in small casks where the pale Palomino wines slowly evolve into medium gold amber colours and flavours of subtle complexity develop. Later a small amount of rich Pedro Ximénez Sherry is blended in to make a dry and complex wine with a touch of sweetness. Medium gold in colour with amber hints, the Character Superior is a complex sherry, with pronounced aromas which reflect each stage of the production process. Yeasty, bready notes from the flor yeast are complemented by oxidative nutty and dried fruit characters. The addition of Pedro Ximénez adds notes of raisins and treacle as well as a well-balanced sweetness. The finish is smooth and long, with lingering notes of roasted nuts.[#intro]A delicious off-dry sherry, sweetened with the addition of Pedro Ximénez...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32184250138691,"sku":"SANDEMANJEREZMD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/CharacterMediumDry.jpg?v=1605353709"},{"product_id":"sandeman-don-fino-superior-fino-sherry","title":"Sandeman Don Fino Superior Fino Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sandeman 'Don Fino' Superior Fino Sherry, is a premium, delicate and dry white wine. Produced from the Palomino grape grown in Sandeman's own vineyards located in the best areas of the Jerez demarcated region, the wine matures in a Solera, under «flor» (a veil of yeast) for a minimum of five years. Pale straw yellow colour, with shades of green and gold. On the nose, there is a bright, aromatic and pungent aroma reflecting the influence of flor yeast – a lightly saline character with notes of bread dough, almonds, olives and dried apples. The wine is dry and fresh on the palate, with a crisp and persistently savoury finish.[#intro]A classic Fino sherry, bone dry with notes of almonds, green olives and a tangy finish...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32184251777091,"sku":"SANDEMANFINO","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Fino.jpg?v=1605354518"},{"product_id":"sandeman-armada-superior-cream-sherry","title":"Sandeman Armada Superior Cream Sherry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sandeman Armada Superior Cream Sherry is a premium quality Oloroso style Sherry. Careful ageing for more than ten years in the ancient Solera develops its complexity and roundness. A small amount of very rich Pedro Ximénez Sherry, made from sun dried grapes, is blended in to create a rich but complex combination. Deep mahogany in colour, with golden highlights. Complex Oloroso characters of roasted walnuts, sweet spices and dried fruits are enriched by coffee and treacle flavours from the addition of Pedro Ximénez. The final wine is full-bodied, layered and well balanced with a very smooth and velvety finish. 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Bone dry and light, fresh and crisp, with a hint of sea salt on the palate. Delicate and refreshingly acid with a lingering aftertaste. Papirusa means “elegant and beautiful”. It was the name of the doll that Emilio Lustau gave the daughter of Joaquín Burgos, the first manager of Bodegas Lustau in the 1940s. [#intro]Bone dry, fresh \u0026amp; crisp, with a hint of sea salt on the palate...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lustau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40654344224835,"sku":"NVLUSTAUPAPIRUSA","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/PapirusaManzanillaBottle.jpg?v=1697467922"},{"product_id":"lustau-oloroso-almacenista-pata-de-gallina-nv","title":"Lustau Oloroso Almacenista 'Pata de Gallina' NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lustau Oloroso Almacenista 'Pata de Gallina' comes from an exclusive Solera that has only 38 casks. 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