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• Tudz Drkl Likes this wine:

  October 4, 2023 - Nose of maple syrup maybe a touch of hazelnut but hardly. There are some notes of hay and dusty road with a touch of orange zest. The palate is smooth and fruity with bitter almond shell sometimes shoeing through. Has oloroso character but different from others as well.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 5, 2022 - 100% Pedro Ximénez, from Montilla-Moriles (Sierra de Montilla and Moriles Altos). Oxidative aging for 25 years in American oak casks. Alcohol 19% ABV.
  
  Rusty garnet colour. Lovely aroma of damp cigar leaf, orange peel, maple syrup, candied citrus rind, walnut shell, lemon toffee and polished, old mahogany furniture. On palate, rich with sufficient acidity, off-dry. Burnt toffee, dried apricots, sweetness from sultanas and figs, treacle, walnuts and some creamy, oak-derived vanilla. The acidity and some savoury and umami elements balance the sweeter notes. Not tannic. Quite ‘soft’ with satiny texture. Decent length. Great with walnuts and - I would imagine - a range of tapas. To me, not in the same class as the recent Gran Barquero Amontillado. At local pricing - similar to the Amontillado - not as good, but still a relative bargain.

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• nzinkgraf wrote:

  June 4, 2022 - Base wine for Oloroso is called ‘Color’ as it has some color to it already. 25 years of oxidative aging in Criaderas and Soleras systems. 19%
  Softened palate, not as punchy as the 25 yr Amontillado, and not the tannin of the Amontillado either. Almost no tannin here - that’s the lack of flor in the aging.

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• Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  April 13, 2018 - Montilla-Moriles Showroom (Lavinia - Madrid): Aromatically speaking very expressive this time. Prevailing those smells of bergamot peel oil and almonds. Similar echoes on the palate. I missed more length and persistence.
  
  Muy expresivo en nariz esta vez. Prevaleciendo esos aromas a aceite de bergamota y a almendras. Similares ecos al paladar. Me gustaría más longitud y persistencia.

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• Harley1199 wrote:

  June 9, 2017 - No te Andes por las Ramas (Barra Territorio Era - Madrid): Served by the glass from a bottle opened at least one month ago.
  Because I had high expectations in this 20 years old Oloroso it brings me down. My fault.
  IMHO everything is on the palate. Good density, obviously oil texture, and quite long persistence.
  On the other hand unbalanced on the nose with scratching alcohol and any pungency. Too late for this? Sincerely I don't know ... Let's try another day with a different bottle.
  
  Servido por copas de una botella abierta hace al menos un mes.
  Fue porque tenía grandes expectativas en este 20 años Oloroso que me dejó muy hundido.
  Fn mi humilde opinión todo está en el paladar. Buena densidad, obviamente textura aceitosa y una persistencia bastante larga.
  Por otro lado desequilibrado en la nariz con un alcohol que rasca y sin ser pungente. ¿Demasiado tarde para esta botella? Sinceramente no lo sé ... Se intentará otro día, con otra botella.

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• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Pérez Barquero
• Varietal Pedro Ximénez
• Designation Gran Barquero Oloroso
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Andalucía
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Montilla-Moriles
• UPC Codes 8410006056024, 8410006056208

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• Consumed 37 (56%)

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