Alvear Fino Criadera A - 37,5 cl.
14.90€ (Inc. VAT bot. 37,5 cl.) / Spain
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is a new (at least to me) NV Criadera /A Fino que va para Amontillado, a category that was always informally referred to as Fino Amontillado, that goes beyond the Fino and starts its oxidative journey. It would be a very young Amontillado, but the disjointed phase when the oxidation has just started, or here not at all, as the wine feels very harmonious, very powerful with pungent and penetrating flavors, full bodied and sharpened by many years under flor. This is also exceptional. 1,048 bottles were filled in January 2017 (shown on the back label).
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
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Appellation
Alcohol
16.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Biological ageing for more than 12 years with the traditional Soleras system in American oak casks.
Description
Alvear Fino Criadera A is a unique expression of the Montilla-Moriles winemaking tradition. This very old fino is made exclusively from Pedro Ximénez grapes, known for their ability to produce wines of great complexity and depth. With more than 12 years of biological ageing, this wine has begun an incipient oxidative ageing, which places it somewhere between a fino and an amontillado.
Winemaking
It begins with biological ageing under a veil of flor, which gives it its unique characteristics. Over time, this veil begins to disappear, allowing a slight oxidation that further enriches its profile. This process results in a wine that maintains the freshness and vivacity of a fino, but with notes reminiscent of an amontillado.
Taste
Alvear Fino Criadera A is a wine of great elegance. It has a light amber colour with greenish reflections, clean and bright. The nose is intense, clean and deep, offering incipient notes of young amontillado, such as dried fruits, on a base of classic fino, characterised by its sharp character, almond and yeast.
On the palate, the wine is dry, expressive and powerful. Saline notes stand out, the result of concentration during its long ageing. The palate is silky and the finish is very long. This flavour profile makes it ideal both as an aperitif and to accompany a full meal, and even to be enjoyed after dinner as a meditation wine.
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| 7-12 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 13-17 | 12.90€ | 0.00€ (-12.90€) |
| 18 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 19-23 | 15.90€ | 0.00€ (-15.90€) |
| 24 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 25-29 | 19.80€ | 0.00€ (-19.80€) |
| 30 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 31-35 | 22.90€ | 0.00€ (-22.90€) |
| 36 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 37-41 | 26.90€ | 0.00€ (-26.90€) |
| 42 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 43-47 | 28.90€ | 0.00€ (-28.90€) |
| 48 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 49-53 | 33.90€ | 0.00€ (-33.90€) |
| 54 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 55-59 | 35.90€ | 0.00€ (-35.90€) |
| 60 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
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