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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 163 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Kike Sola on 3/17/2024 & rated 89 points: Palomino Fino of vineyards from coastal payments located in the Pago de Miraflores, from sequined albariza and closed tosca soils. It ferments in stainless steel tanks and heads up to 15% and becomes part of the breeding and soleras system, carrying out an organic aging with a flower veil in these 516 L American oak boots, for more than 4 years. Candied fruit, floral, citrus, nuts, mineral, salty, tasty, fresh and persistent. (262 views) | | | Tasted by tobyc on 7/21/2023 & rated 85 points: Classic. A bit simple and a bit sour balance. Fine but nothing special. (801 views) | | | Tasted by Sean McGrath on 5/12/2023: This bottle seems particularly good. Rich, smooth, but still with a bite. (818 views) | | | Tasted by roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com on 4/30/2023 & rated 83 points: Decent dry manzanilla, not a great deal of character. No vices, no virtues, that style of wine. This used to be very special (20 - 30 years ago), but isn't today. (802 views) | | | Tasted by El_Dougo on 4/8/2023: Biologically aged. Separate DO.
Nose citrus, grapefruit, tangy.
Palate dry and tangy. (815 views) | | | Tasted by vaenoke on 12/10/2022 & rated 88 points: Deep Gold colour. Nose has salted, lightly toasted almond, beeswax and a light cheesy pungent note. Taste, like the nose, has barely no fruit at all, also replicating the nutty and cheesy aromas while adding light lemon peel. Medium body and acid, some oiliness. Very nice manzanilla, very affordable at 8,98€ for 375ml, but nothing special. (1073 views) | | | Tasted by Hampe on 3/18/2022 & rated 89 points: Mineral, citrus, flor, salt. Frisk syra. Lång smak med lätt nötighet i finishen.. (1410 views) | | | Tasted by angelcyn on 1/2/2022: Lighweight manzanilla but no loss of flavour dry bready slightly darker than normal slightly acidic, very good example. (1410 views) | | | Tasted by SAND on 10/11/2021 & rated 90 points: Bottle aged for 3,5 years (lot L18115G, bottled April 2018).
NOSE: Fresh white bread, olive brine, saline rocky sea shore, green olives, elderberry flowers, sweet almonds. (90p)
TASTE: Saline, briney, with an underlying freshness / acidity which is coated, almost hidden by the very viscous, creamy mouthfeel. Perhaps just a slight weakness on the mid palate, hardly noticeable. Mouth watering stuff. (89-90p)
OVERALL: Less overtly flowery and appley but richer, creamier/oilier, deeper (darker?) and more substantial now than when I last tasted a bottle from this lot, at 0.5 year of bottle age in 2018. To me this shows again that when even ordinary (not specially selected, en-rama) finos or manzanillas from quality producers age, instead of withering and dying, they start on their way to a more profound Sherry heaven. Utterly delectable stuff. TOTAL SCORE 90 points. (1658 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 10/9/2021 & rated 89 points: Tasting Training for WSET Level 4, Units D4 + D5 - Session 4 (Dry Sherry, non-blind): Wine 3: Half-bottle. Screw cap. The wine has a medium lemon colour. The nose has medium(-) intensity and shows aromas of acetaldehyde (bruises apple, hey, chamomile), nuts and almond.
On the palate the wine is dry, with low acidity, low alcohol, and a light body. The flavour intensity is medium-minus, flavours from biological ageing include bruised apple, chamomile, almond and nuts. The wine tastes salty. The finish has medium length.
This is a very good quality wine since it shows good typicity, good complexity of aromas and flavours, the alcohol is very well-integrated, the finish has medium length, and overall, the wine seems very harmonious. To be considered being of outstanding quality the wine would need greater complexity and length.
The wine is ready to drink and not suitable for further ageing in bottle. With ageing it would lose with freshness and become bland and disjointed.
NB: More elegant and more harmonious that bot the regular Tio Pepe Fino Muy Seco and the El Maestro Sierra Sherry Fino. Very good value. (1808 views) | | | Tasted by bravo.solares on 7/6/2021 & rated 90 points: Salty, briny, nutty. Intense but fresh and lively. Delightful with sashimi. (1697 views) | | | Tasted by bravo.solares on 3/22/2021 & rated 91 points: Salty, briny, nutty. Intense but at the same time fresh. Delightful with sashimi - perfect pairing, as always. As food friendly as it gets. Great QPR, of course. (1818 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 2/28/2021 & rated 91 points: Half bottle. Light as a feather and fresh as a daisy. Flowers and brine, fresh yellow apple and citrus, green olives and white almonds, gently dry. The mid palate could have more power (it is membrane filtered), but the finish is very intense. Very good young Manzanilla, great value for money. (2491 views) | | | Tasted by Hermosabritdad on 2/26/2021 & rated 88 points: Medium amber color. On the nose: Medium + intensity: stewed apple, biscuit / pastry. Marzipan and almond. Honey and caramel. Palates is biscuit and hazelnut. Medium body medium + acidity. Bone dry. As a novice sherry drinker I was looking forward to trying this “lightest” of sherry's. But I found this quite intense. Super bone dry as advertised but also quite rich on the palette to start. Lots of pastry/flor flavors and not much of the “sea salt” they promote of Manzilla. (Alvaro is I have had have more!) interesting, but am not yet a sherry fan and this did not change that. (1556 views) | | | Tasted by mkribar on 1/22/2021: Light almond-y nose. Very crisp, saline. Light garam masala nose. Palate: solid acid, thick-ish body. It carries the 15% well. More almond/toast on the nose. (1531 views) | | | Tasted by Vino Me on 1/18/2021 & rated 87 points: Purchased for $6 in 2015. Light yellow gold color. Starting to show some age. Notes of almonds with a briny character on the finish. 87 points. (1563 views) | | | Tasted by Milliontown on 1/1/2021 & rated 92 points: Beautiful, this was exactly what I expected, and this overdelivers for the price too. Green, mean, salty, bitter and fresh. A vegetal note to the aromas which I don’t mind. Kind of like celery sticks. Palate feels crisp and transparent, all about refreshment here. High acid. Lovely with salted almonds. (1341 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 8/22/2020 & rated 90 points: I like this. All the classic fino / manzanilla flavors with good intensity. (1718 views) | | | Tasted by poste244 on 8/2/2020 & rated 83 points: Un peu déçu par cette bouteille. Un Manzanilla vraiment léger pour ne pas dire aqueux avec très peu des caractéristiques d'un bon Jerez. Pourrait à la limite passer pour un vin blanc avec pas mal d'amertume et beaucoup d'alcool. Buvable, mais parmi les moins bons que j'ai eu l'occasion de boire. (1616 views) | | | Tasted by JRockEsq on 7/18/2020 & rated 82 points: Method: tasted blind; 50 degrees; white wine glass
Look: pale straw; tons of slow legs
Nose: butter, cream, light rubber cement, bread dough, coconut
Palate: wet rock, lemon peel, Brazil nut, a surprising flavor reminding me a bit of chicken bouillon; medium+ finish of almond, copper; dry (although it seemed sightly off dry on first sip); medium+ body; medium- heat; for some reason, I didn't note the acidity, but I recall it having good acidity
Overall: I felt that this was low on flavor and concentration, yet higher on heat. That's not a good combination for me. It was better with food, but this is just a mediocre wine in my book. (1505 views) | | | Tasted by Bearbus on 5/8/2020: L19051G: Cut apple, nashi pear and dough, yeast, fresh on the palate but more oily than the Inocente, nutty finish. Overall, the lightest and most accesible of all three. Nice though (1490 views) | | | Tasted by Bearbus on 5/1/2020: L19051G: fresh, lemon, sweet lime, chamomile, slightly green stem, some slight flor yeastiness (dough and earthy/dirty potatoes), green apple, pipi shell brine; saline and fresh (high acid, tangy) palate, slightly pithy and firm on the mid-back palate, sublte smoked almond. (1385 views) | | | Tasted by Goldstone on 4/4/2020 & rated 90 points: Spanish Dinner (Herald & Teni's Place, Hong Kong): From 375ml bottle. Light silver gold. Nose is quite yeasty and slightly pongy socks....touch of salted fish and iodine. Palate is attractively salty in a Hong Kong dried salted fish - ‘Ham Yu’ - way, old leather shoes, sour banana, quite rich. Very heady and quite long finish. An acquired taste, but I have acquired it tonight. (1651 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 3/28/2020 & rated 89 points: Very briny. A dependable manzanilla that is perfect with many dishes, particularly light tapas. (1570 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Cooper on 10/19/2018: Tasted during Tim Syrad Wine Tours trip to Jerez. Tasted at Valdespino winery.
• From Miraflores district
• 5 year old (6 solera)
• 15%, no residual sugar
• Good with fish, seafood, salads, tapas, dry meats
L – light yellow gold
N – saline, delicate
T – Lovely, clean, dry but softer, salty (from yeast & terroir), hint calamine (2590 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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WineAlign (5/8/2018)
(NV La Guita, Do Manzanilla Sanlúcar De Barrameda, Spain red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Steve Thurlow
WineAlign (5/20/2017)
(NV La Guita, Do Manzanilla Sanlúcar De Barrameda, Spain red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/30/2017)
(NV Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, La Guita NV Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/22/2016)
(NV Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, La Guita NV Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda White) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
WineAlign (10/9/2013)
(NV La Guita, Do Manzanilla Sanlúcar De Barrameda, Spain red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (12/12/2010)
(NV Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, La Guita Manzanilla NV Jerez - Xérès - Sherry White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/19/2010)
(NV Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín, La Guita Manzanilla NV Jerez - Xérès - Sherry White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/30/2008)
(NV Rainera P Marín, La Guita Manzanilla rez - Xérès - Sherry White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Patricia Savoie
Sommelier Journal, January 2010
(NV Bodegas José Estévez Manzanilla La Guita (375 ml)) Pale straw color. Vegetal and sea aromas emerge on the nose, along with notes of almond, yeast, citrus, and dried flowers. Fresh, tangy, and well rounded. Appellation: Sanlúcar de Barrameda |  By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine Library TV, A Wine Tasting with Jancis Robinson, Episode #568 (10/30/2008)
(NV La Guita Manzanilla) COLOR-light peach; NOSE-great (JR-a little past fresh; suggesting that you must drink Sherry within 4 months of bottling); TASTE-reminds me of a Saltine cracker on the palate; ; (Jancis-a little saltiness; tingling the taste buds; ; Jancis-?? (out of 20); GV-?? |
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Andalucía Andalucía and its wines
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Two suggestions for listing Sherries and Manzanilla wines from a frequent user in a time of change:
The vast majority of these wines are solera-produced and are therefore nonvintage; they should not be listed under a vintage date. A Saca (or bottling) can be listed with a date under Designation, since each bottling is liable to be somewhat different. Dates of accession to your cellar, if it seems important, can also be listed in Designation. <b> Only an Anada (Vintage) wine should bear a vintage date.</b>
Currently, Manzanilla wines (what used to be called Manzanilla Fino) need only be listed as coming from the wine region Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Barrameda. This assumes the 'Jerez' region, which need not be mentioned. For older wines, there may be some confusion about the origin and type. I would suggest following the label as much as possible. jht |
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