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| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2024 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 39 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ZaphodB on 3/26/2024 & rated 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! (79 views) | | | Tasted by caspernick on 11/22/2023 & rated 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.
https://wp.me/p125DB-3nl (280 views) | | | Tasted by Omas list on 11/20/2023 & rated 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. (217 views) | | | Tasted by Mckalm on 2/12/2023 & rated 91 points: Jättegod o komplex (558 views) | | | Tasted by cugel_saga on 1/28/2023 & rated 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. (482 views) | | | Tasted by jeffreylubowski on 5/29/2022 & rated 90 points: Better than the oloroso, not nearly as good as the amontillado. I suppose it makes sense that it's in between the two. The amontillado was livelier and lighter , this a bit darker toned and earthier and more varnishy. The color is a trip. Still good but I love that amontillado. Hard to find palo cortado though. (1003 views) | | | Tasted by Marc on 4/9/2022 & rated 91 points: A visit to Ngaio (Abbot Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand): Super Paulo Cortado - deep colour and flavours, some salinity, dried fruits, and walnuts. A touch of caramel adds weight to a wine that has a beautiful sprightly aspect. (908 views) | | | Tasted by BenW89 on 10/16/2021 & rated 93 points: Unbelievable value in the UK! Always a fun game getting friends to guess the price (1095 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 10/9/2021 & rated 92 points: Tasting Training for WSET Level 4, Units D4 + D5 - Session 4 (Dry Sherry, non-blind): Wine 5: The wine has a medium amber colour. The nose is of medium(-) intensity and includes aromas of bruised apple, chamomile, nuts, marzipan, toffee, caramel and milk chocolate. There also seems to be some VA.
On the palate the wine is dry, with medium(-) acidity, high alcohol and medium(-) body. The flavour intensity is medium(+), flavours include bruised apple, nuts, almond, marzipan, toffee, and caramel. The wine tastes lightly salty, the texture is lightly oily, the finish has medium-plus length. The alcohol is very lightly warming, but on an acceptable level for a fortified wine. The wine tastes fresh.
This is an outstanding quality wine since it has very good concentration of flavours, good complexity, very good length, and a smooth, lightly oily texture.
The wine is ready to drink. With further ageing it would not gain additional complexity but lose its freshness, and the wine is hence not suitable for further ageing in bottle. (1106 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 2/1/2021 & rated 91 points: A decently good Palo Cortado, this paired nicely with both jamon Iberico and a variety of tapas. The nose was very attractive, showing typical notes of dried fig peel and sour plums, roasted almond skins, rancio browned pears, with just a hint of honey lemon tones at the edges. The palate was full and powerful, with a rather creamy mouthful of dried fruit peel flavours, again with almond skins, more honeyed brown pears, and a little bit of spice moving into a long, creamy, almost maple syrupy finish. There was some alcohol showing up, but enough dry extract and bright acidity to keep it balanced. Dry, but full of savoury moreishness; this was yummy and went a real treat with our Catalunyan food. (1536 views) | | | Tasted by Butzemann on 12/25/2020 & rated 87 points: Bottle is open for four hours. Brown colour, smells of almonds, and raisins, light to medium body, dry, but not in a tart way, in the mouth almonds and a little bit of raisins, in the aftertaste acidity, saltiness, almonds and a little bit of raisins, good length (30 sec), quite unimpressive and pale for a Palo Cortado PS: when we finished the bottle after two days the body was fuller and in the aftertaste there was smoke and almonds, it was better than in the beginning, yet I still wouldn’t buy it again. (939 views) | | | Tasted by Mckalm on 12/24/2020 & rated 91 points: God, passar bra till vitlöks o senapssill, skinka, köttbullar med senap, rökt lax med hovmästarsås etc (845 views) | | | Tasted by mietono on 12/12/2020: Amber, caramel colour. Almonds, bready, butterscotch smell. Tasted dry, with hint of dried fruits and vanilla. Has a long finish with a bitter almond-like flavour. Delicious. (792 views) | | | Tasted by rosuoter on 10/28/2020: A clear medium amber colour. Sweet layers of dried fruits, toasted hazelnuts, caramel. Quite dry on the palate, salty hints, dried fruits, olives, pleasant acidity, medium-bodied with well-integrated alcohol, very long finish. Perfect balance. (811 views) | | | Tasted by R J Lewis on 5/16/2020: Really solid. Deep layers of bass notes of roasted nuts, some dried fruits, treble note of saltiness. Very toasty amontillado notes. Long finish. Great, especially for the price point. (724 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 5/16/2020 & rated 94 points: Introducing the Jewels of Gonzalez Byass (Zoom!): Lovely amber colour. Marmalade and spice. Cumin Gouda. Rehydrating morels. Not medium-sweet - it's sweet AND dry at the same time. Ridiculously long finish. Wow, wow, wow. (1032 views) | | | Tasted by Trydebull on 3/30/2020 & rated 84 points: Betydligt bättre än förra flaskan (919 views) | | | Tasted by trumpet60201 on 1/26/2020 & rated 93 points: I don't know sherry, but this is wonderful. Wow. Powerful hazelnut flavor, nice palate, not dry but not sweet. Just fantastic. I have nothing really to compare it to, but this is great and I'd like more. I enjoyed it at cellar temp (around 57), not sure if it should have been chilled more, but this was lovely. (806 views) | | | Tasted by Elycohn on 3/28/2019 & rated 92 points: I always have a bottle of Sherry in my fridge - vastly under appreciated as a category. It’s prime for my favorite activity - pre-dinner snacking. A good persistent Oloroso alongside toasted hazelnuts (yes must be toasted) and aged Gouda with the crystallized protein crunchies is ethereal.
This is a very good Palo Cortado, like a blurred Amontillado and Oloroso - deep and layered. Crystallized amber. Syrupy caramels, toffee, dried orange, soy, mushroom, and bitter walnuts. (1023 views) | | | Tasted by Lordswood on 2/2/2019 & rated 91 points: Grilled nuts and tangy fruity acidity. Long very very clean finish. Lovely as an aperitif, with tapas and even as a post meal cleanser. This is a winner and at a great price too. VGV. Just off to buy another couple. (827 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 8/9/2018 & rated 91 points: Gonzalez Byass Sherries: Deep amber color. Loving the aromatic mix of green olives, candle wax, sea salt, with richer notes of honey, graham cracker, apricot, lemon meringue. Texturally, this is rich and seductive but vibrant acidity and a dry feel keeps it bright and clean. Baked apple, apricot and salted lemon blend well with olive brine, sea salt, ginger, musky cologne, along with graham cracker and ginger. Gutsy but elegant at the same time. All Palomino grapes, 20% alcohol, about 6 g/l of residual sugar. (1109 views) | | | Tasted by Omar Khayyam on 6/2/2018 & rated 85 points: Toasted hazelnuts, some caramel, salty. On the palate more grapefruit, even more salty notes, more hazelnuts, some burned cheese. alcoholic burn on the finish. good palo cortado. (1247 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 5/26/2018: Sherry is not for me. And I'm too old to learn to like it. (1279 views) | | | Tasted by Trydebull on 5/20/2018 & rated 81 points: Bärnstensfärgad.
Doften fantastisk med maccademianötter, smör, honung, mjukt fett, söta frukter.
Smaken direkt spretig och spritig. Eneträ på tungan. Citrusfrukter med lite grillyta. Lätta sockeraromer från sockerrör men också betans söt-sträv-beska smak. Inte jättebra.
Väntar två dygn.
Doften än fetare. Fortfarande bra men här har den nog ändå tappat lite för min del.. .
... till fördel för smaken som nu blivit av med de värsta ungdomssynderna. Lite mer gula plommon, mjukare citrustoner och inte fullt lika spritig. Definitivt inte lika spretig.
Helt ok+ men mer än så blir det ändå inte. Säger 81. (887 views) | | | Tasted by Lars1974 on 5/7/2018 & rated 88 points: Nice Palo with great nose but a bit lacking in taste. Good sherry for beginners and great value for money! (849 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Tina Gellie
Decanter, Booths Autumn/Winter Tasting (9/22/2022)
(NV Gonzalez Byass, Leonor 12 Year Old Palo Cortado, Palomino Fino, Jerez, Spain, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tina Gellie
Decanter, Booths Autumn/Winter Tasting (9/22/2022)
(NV Gonzalez Byass, Leonor 12 Year Old Palo Cortado, Palomino Fino, Jerez, Spain, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (6/24/2018)
(NV Gonzalez Byass Jerez Leonor 12 años Palo Cortado, Fortified, Spain) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Gonzalez-Byass Producer websiteSpain 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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