Jerez

Dense ebony in colour, this very old Pedro Ximénez layers raisin, fig, roasted coffee and warm spice. The palate is intensely sweet yet fresh and silky, with concentrated dried-fruit flavour and a long, enveloping finish. Made from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez and aged for an average of 30 years in American oak through the criaderas and solera system, it suits dark chocolate, vanilla ice cream or acidic fruit.

Golden and very dry, this single-vineyard Manzanilla Pasada combines sea-spray salinity with toasted almond, hazelnut and subtle oxidative notes. The palate is concentrated yet delicate, showing firm freshness, balance and a long, elegant finish. Made from Palomino Fino grown in the Pastrana vineyard in the Miraflores district, it is excellent with olives, cured meats, pâté, consommé, shellfish, fish or aged cheese. Serve well chilled.

Fresh and youthful, this biologically aged Manzanilla shows green apple, wet chalk, chamomile, green olive and a sea-breeze salinity. The palate is very dry and light-bodied, with sharp acidity, gentle bitterness and a nutty finish. Made from Palomino in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, it spends four years ageing under flor. Serve well chilled with olives, fried fish, shellfish, sushi or cured meats.

This dry Amontillado is amber in colour, with hazelnut aromas. The palate is light, soft and round, followed by a long aftertaste. Palomino ages for equal periods under flor and in contact with oxygen at a bodega in Jerez de la Frontera, giving an average age of eight years. Alcohol is 18.5 percent and residual sugar is 6 grams per litre.

Pedro Ximénez grapes are sun-dried after harvest to concentrate their natural sugar. The wine ages for twelve years in Jerez de la Frontera. Deep mahogany colour with an iodine-coloured rim accompanies floral, citrus, dried-fruit and spice notes. The palate is very sweet, smooth and velvety, with pleasant acidity and a full, long profile. Alcohol is seventeen percent.

Straw-yellow in colour, this fortified wine is dry, crisp, delicate and balanced. It matures beneath a veil of flor and carries fifteen percent alcohol. Made from Palomino in Jerez, it has aromas linked to flor and a spicy, persistent palate. The style is served slightly chilled and suits tapas, cured ham, fish, seafood, mild cheese and nuts.

Palomino Fino from the Pozo Galván vineyard grows on luminous albariza soils and rests for three years under flor. Olive brine, fresh meadow grass, green herbs and Marcona almonds meet a saline finish. The family’s vineyards also include Matalián and El Inglés around Chiclana de la Frontera. This dry Fino can accompany simply prepared seafood, cured ham or roast pork.

Caramel and toasted nuts meet a light butter note, bitter orange, sea-breeze salinity and tobacco leaf. Dried herbs, gentle bitterness, vivid acidity and balance are also present. Made from one hundred percent Palomino and aged an average of twenty-five years, this medium-dry Sherry contains nineteen percent alcohol. Its Sanlúcar de Barrameda origin sits within Jerez-Xérès-Sherry.

Golden colour with copper reflections is present. Almond, dried fruit, raisined fruit, peach and nut notes appear with freshness. The palate is dry, and the finish is clean and fresh. Palomino Fino forms the wine. Biological ageing takes place under a layer of flor in the solera system. The alcohol level is fifteen percent by volume.

Almond, prune, raisin, caramel, roast coffee and tobacco form the aromatic profile. The palate is rich and sweet, with balancing acidity, a round texture and good intensity. Cinnamon and walnut appear on the finish. The blend combines fifteen-year-old Oloroso with five-year-old Pedro Ximénez, which accounts for thirty percent, followed by four years in old American oak through the solera system.

Lemon peel, white grapefruit and lemon blossom lead a tight, bright profile. Salted almond and a generous wash of sea salt bring savoury depth, while a light herbal-anise note adds lift through the finish. The palate is focused and structural rather than heavy, with freshness carrying the mineral character cleanly. Serve well chilled with olives, almonds, oysters, fried fish or thinly sliced jamón.

Mahogany in the glass, with ripe and dried fruit unfolding beside citrus peel, herbs and a subtle trace of smoked wood. The palate is velvety and balanced, combining generous sweetness with enough bitterness to keep the profile composed. Nutty character gathers on the finish, leaving a savoury, gently bitter echo. Serve well chilled over ice with orange peel, or use it to bring depth to a Manhattan or Negroni.