Gutiérrez Colosía Palo Cortado Viejisimo Sherry 22%

Wine information: The first Gutiérrez Colosía bodega was built in 1838 and it has been preserved almost as such to this day. Towards the beginning of the 20th century it was acquired by Sr. José Gutiérrez Dosal, the late great-grandfather of the current Gutiérrez Colosía family. The Gutiérrez Colosía wines are produced in bodegas, or wine cellars, with an architectural style known as Nave Cathedral or cathedral-like warehouse. These arched buildings of significant height, help to expose the wines to the influence of the local climate. Its cellars are the only ones on the Puerto riverside, giving Gutiérrez Colosía a unique microclimate that offers the perfect humidity level to grow flor, and age their unique tasting Fino del Puerto. These Puerto-variation wines are traditionally lighter in oxidative flavour than those from Jerez. Juan- Carlos Gutiérrez Colosia believes his fino is best drunk fresh and chilled, so it is therefore available after only three or four years in solera. His amontillado and oloroso are bottled with greater age and are also perfect for chilling. Palo cortado is a curiosity of the sherry world. It occurs when a wine - initially classified as a fino - loses its flor and takes on the attributes of a full-bodied oloroso. However, given it had flor and was originally under-fortified, it also develops the subtlety of an amontillado. This is quite rare and very unusual since the yeast is continually re-introduced to the cask in the solera. As this phenomenon is a natural one the supply of palo cortado will never be great. The Gutiérrez Colosía cellars are blessed with wonderful natural palo cortado, which when bottled as their Palo Cortado has an average age of over 50 years, and can bring the normally voluble Juan-Carlos to a contemplative silence! Attractive if not intense on the nose: initially rich and nutty with a huge dollop of mocha coffee coming through. The palate has more nutty flavours, dried fruits, and a salty tang. The finish is surprisingly light and dry and belies its great age. Develops and goes on (seemingly forever) showing some caramelised citric notes.

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