NV El Maestro Sierra Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Amoroso

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  5/20/2018 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  A private lunch (Restaurant Brat, Shoreditch, London, UK): Juicy and supple, lovely depth of flavour, nuts and spices, fresh and dry but with just a touch of sweet molasses from the PX, salty finish, hint of honey, candied orange, very good length. Well judged.

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  9/7/2016 - Bellissimo Likes this wine:

  Don't drink a lot of Sherry found this to be a surprising treat. Toffee, caramel, dark ripe tropical fruits and almonds. No real sense of alcohol, just a bit of R.S. Paired exceptionally well with a meatball dish where the sweet tomato sauce went really well with this. Color me impressed.

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  1/10/2016 - bjamesclark wrote: 92 Points

  Semi-sweet wine aged in American Oak barrels.
  The Amoroso (Medium) El Maestro Sierra comes from the coupage of two grape varieties of the Jerez-Xeres-Sherry D.O.
  The Amoroso Medium El Maestro Sierra is a unique and exclusive specialty of the bodega and it comes from one of the deepest and most humble stories. The workers, on their way home, used to stop at the bodega’s shop. Besides ordering their usual wine, they would also ask for a large bottle of Oloroso with a touch of Pedro Ximénez for their wives, so that the wine would taste more “amoroso”, or loveable.
  
  Thus the Amoroso Medium is a blend made from 90% of 15 year old Oloroso and 10% of Pedro Ximénez, which will be aged for another further 4 years in American Oak Barrels.
  Aromas of dried mango and dried apricot, kumquat and the nutty aromas of almonds and amaretti cookie with scents of biscotti, orange blossom, toffee, Italian cream with white fig, brown sugar and hints of sweet raisin.
  On the palate weighty and creamy with the PX notes upfront, golden and dark raisin, dried mango, kumquat and brown sugar that mellows into Italian cream, toffee, marzipan, amaretto and lighter notes of orange blossom and maple. A touch sweeter than an Amontillado and lingers through the finish

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  12/1/2015 - Man in Black wrote:

  Lifted nose with developed and somewhat dirty aromas of leather, coffee, prunes, peanuts, raisins and prunes. Medium-sweet in the mouth, warm, full-bodied and very tasty. Long finish.
  
  It has character, there's no doubt, and the balance in the mouth is well-achieved. I don't like that much the nose, it's a bit rustic, lacking elegance.

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  8/16/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 87 Points

  A private lunch (Restaurant Perceel *, near Rotterdam): Amber gold; Oxo and beef stock cube nose, hints of candied fruit and nut; juicy palate is attractive bur lacks precision and definition; good length but a bit raw. Not too keen. Not a good bottle?

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