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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2024 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.7 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by NickA on 5/2/2020 & rated 93 points: We managed to get takeaway from one of our favourite local tapas restaurants, so logical to open our only (!) bottle of Sherry. Turbo levels of rancio here - wood polish on the nose, cigar box, loads of nutty, fishy flavour on the palate, good acidity and the incredibly long finish. Great wine but docked a point or two because I find a dissonnance between the intensity of the flavour and the high alcohol on the one hand, and the perceived lightness of body and bone dryness on the other, which makes it a tricky food match - it's not fresh and saline enough for fish, nor rich enough for meat. (984 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 11/13/2018: Deeply colored, off dry, salty, and nutty. Not special. (1546 views) | | | Tasted by premiercru1973 on 5/19/2018 & rated 96 points: Such a stunner! Complexity, typicity and balanced harmony. Wow! (1342 views) | | | Tasted by Tony Ling on 4/11/2018 & rated 94 points: Served in Spiegelau tasting glass: Medium amber colour to the eyes. Knockout nose of matured honey-glazed apricots and raisins, chamomile, assorted roasted nuts like almonds and soy sauce like savoury notes. Fully mature and very broad and complex nose indeed.
On the palate fresh acidity and minerality, well integrated alcohol (you will hardly notice the 20% vol). Long and persistent finish. Flavours largely consistent with the nose.
A special treat. 93-94 points. (1398 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 6/27/2016 & rated 94 points: During a tasting dinner. Nose of tobacco, earth, autumn leaves. Intense and alcoholic on the palate. I don’t like dry Sherry so much but the complexity was undeniable here. 94+ (2189 views) | | | Tasted by jonanator on 8/6/2015 & rated 96 points: Words can't describe just how unbelievably complex and amazing this is. Absolutely stunning. (1601 views) | | | Tasted by jonanator on 4/15/2015 & rated 95 points: Amazing sherry. The nose was captivating, I could smell this all day long. Truly amazing and by far the best sherry I have ever tasted. On the palate, this was beyond complex and engaging. Cannot get enough of this. (1420 views) | | | Tasted by Harley1199 on 11/27/2013: Tasting Hidalgo at its best (Enoteca Barolo - Madrid): Brilliant mahogany colour.
40 years of age in average.
An amontillado indeed, a touch of brandy but too much old wood for my taste.
On the palate all concentration and power for a long persistence.
Caoba brillante.
Vida media 40 años.
Tiene todo de Amontillado, con un cuelgue a brandy pero con demasiada madera vieja a mi sabor.
En boca todo potencia y concentración para un desarrollo largo y persistente. (2628 views) | | | Tasted by sharkarama on 11/15/2013 & rated 94 points: So powerful as to be even overpowering, a jurassic monster of an amontillado. Needs the right context - too reductive and overbearing with most wines, but at the end of a flight of sherries, or on its own, just magnificent, with complexity, intensity and flavours to spare (1646 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 10/23/2012 & rated 98 points: Long, long positive oxidation, flor is still -amazingly- present as a ghost. Dried oranges, apricot, dusty, old wood. Very focused, not as broad as these old ones can be sometimes. Inner mouth perfume that is just like the Especial la Panesa, in fact identical, this Platonic ideal of a cool orange scent, crystalline and fresh. Jaw-dropping, near perfect wine. (1836 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 1/11/2012: I drank this over 6 days and it was pretty quiet and reticent for the first two, but really blossomed after that. The wine shows a lot of flor character considering the wines are so old. It is amazingly refined and elegant, and showcases those qualities rather than a panoply of aromatic or favor characteristics. It is a complex wine, it requires attention and patience, and is more than worth it - a wonderful Sherry drinking experience that i hope to repeat one day. (2103 views) |
| By Sarah Jane Evans MW
Decanter, The Great Sherry Tasting 2017 (9/10/2017)
(NV Emilio Hidalgo, El Tresillo Viejo 1874 Amontillado, Jerez, Spain, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/15/2014)
(NV Hidalgo, 1874 El Tresillo Amontillado rez - Xérès - Sherry White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/19/2013)
(NV Hidalgo, 1874 El Tresillo Amontillado rez - Xérès - Sherry White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sarah Jane Evans MW
Decanter
(NV Emilio Hidalgo, El Tresillo, Viejo 1874, Amontillado, Jerez, Spain, White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Emilio Hidalgo Producer Website (Spanish language only)Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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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. jhtJerez-Xérès-Sherry Wiki page on Sherry
Wiki page in Spanish on Jerez
Official website of the Consejo Regulador of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry, Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Sherry Vinegar
Oloroso, sherries are ”born” when fino fails to form on sherry at the beginning of its life in the bodega or when a producer decides to fortify the wine enough such that the growth of flor is inhibited. |
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