NV Gonzalez-Byass Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Leonor Palo Cortado 12 Años

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  3/26/2024 - ZaphodB Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Amber colour. Nose is rich, generous and complex, with notes of beef stock, coffee and sea spray. Mouthfeel is bone dry, rich and generous with notes of beef stock, coffee, toasted hazelnuts and with a slight saltiness. Concentrated with a long finish.
  
  Very nice palo cortado here, concentrated, complex and elegant!

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  11/22/2023 - caspernick Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Pale amber/gold colored with high viscosity (20% ABV). The color is specatucualr btw, hard to describe. The nose has medium (+) intensity aromas of warm nuts, yeasty dough, preserved lemon, dried plum, brine, Christmas cake and dried orange peel. The palate is slightly off-dry but the acidity is high and the body is full. Dried fruit, warm nuts, yeasty notes and a citrus twist are all present. The high alcohol hits the back of my throat a touch but blows off rather quickly. The finish is medium to long and concentrates on the desiccated fruit and salty yeast notes I got on the opening. This aperitif begs for some olives, charcuterie and warmed almonds. It's delicious and gets 92 points from me. At $17 for 375ml, it gets 5 stars.
  
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  11/20/2023 - Omas list Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Loved this wine. Drank it after first tasting a Fino then a Manzinilla which was a wonderful introduction into the development of different wines from the same grape. First impression was wait, is this a sweet wine. But no it has the fruit and nut characteristics of a sweet sherry but it is bone dry. Lovely dried fruit almond lemon peel with almonds and some saline. Very long finish will buy again and try other producers.

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  2/12/2023 - Mckalm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Jättegod o komplex

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  1/28/2023 - cugel_saga Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Quite mesmerising, this, and it exemplifies sherry's scope for magnificent, affordable wines.
  
  The story of how a fino metamorphosises into a palo cortado plays out in front of you with this glass of sherry.
  
  A hint of the fino freshness remains, a flash of fino pale yellow, yet layers of fruit peel, almond and amber have developed are they are majestic.
  
  Drank this, initially, on its own and loved it. Then accompanied it with cured meats and cheeses and it felt so utterly right with them.
  
  A proper drink, good stuff.

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