November 9, 2019 - Nice milder flavoured PC.
Good balance between flavours and nose
Lately i am finding there is a lot to like with younger bottlings vs VORS which are often a bit less drinkable due to the effects of additional acidity from evaporation.
Drink up
19% abv
April 1, 2018 - inviting scents show a combination of walnut, hazelnut and almond with blood orange, dried apricot, dates, salted caramel, light maple and hints of tobacco.
The palate is dry with great acidity and exceptional length. Flavors show good intensity with notes of dried orange zest, walnut, roasted-salted almonds, filberts, dates, dried apricots and pits, tobacco, maple and blood orange. The finish is long with nutty nuances, salinity and taut acidity
April 8, 2017 - Loved it! Dry, with barely a hint of sweetness, and so nutty awesome PC sherry!
February 12, 2017 - Linear and focused with with silky glazed nut quality throughout mixed with a rather maderised note. Elegant and fine, the extremely dry finish fades like a spirit and cuts short what could be a more interesting wine. Very good, but perhaps better QPR stuff out there.
November 7, 2016 - A very refined, nutty, caramel, and slightly raisined nose, with a hint of polish and some fresh green notes.
Very smooth and silky palate, with a certain richness. Very poised and elegant with a lovely freshness.
October 10, 2016 - Layered and complex on the nose - spices, dried fruit, walnuts. On the palate dry but quite rich and punchy with lovely length and persistence. Very good. 91-93
October 9, 2016 - Lovely faded copper-to-bronze colour in the glass. A little too cold to start with, given time to come up to cool in the glass, the nose improved from dusty old library, to walnuts, almonds, dark chocolate, dried fruit and 'roasted notes' (such as caramelisation and torrefaction but not in an overtly sweet way).
Bone dry and refreshing on the finish, this is a real sipper and contemplator. A certain salinity and with a wonderful, cutting acidity - we had it as an aperitif, paired it with Serrano ham, almonds, olives and some Stilton. Perfect match! Excellent stuff.
November 5, 2015 - retasted 11/5/2015, from glass decanter stored on a granite countertop exposed to light, evidently opened in May, 2015, about 6 months ago. A fair challenge for even this style of wine.
From Impitoyable: deep brown with hints of green, finely but distinctly cloudy. Tudor tears (broad arches with points). Sweetly nutty and with consommé, and a caramel overlay; seems to be quite simple at this point but still has signs of life and energy. Does show plenty of energy, almost heat, and an intense citric-bitter finish, but with a somewhat evaporative finish. Seems more integrated and pleasant from the copita, leaving a finish suggestive of Spanish pickled anchovy or garum sauce. Still drinkable but not for long under these conditions. 84/100; probably will go down as a defective wine if not a defective bottle, and the defect was mine and not the wine's, but there is no reason for this to influence scores.
Again, from this series of tastings the so-called Trombley Sherry Theorem has emerged, against some doubt expressed by others: that is, even fully oxidized-style wines, when first tasted from a fresh bottle, are not at a steady state, but can change, often considerably, if stored further after the wine first sees oxygen after the cork is pulled. This change is frequently positive for sherries that are of fine quality in the first place. Therefore, as much oxidative stress as can be goven over days and even weeks might be required for a full evaluation and maximum drinking pleasure.
February 9, 2015 - Medium amber color. Sweet-savory nose, of roasted nuts, caramel, orange and lemon. vanilla, redwood. On arrival, low tannin and medium-high acidity; essentially correct fora naturally occurring Palo Cortado (as opposed to a a blended one of sweet and dry sherries. Dry and high energy, there's a saltiness with repeat of citrus, nut and caramel in the mouth. Long, vivacious finish. Served with various tapas and a wild mushroom soup. Bottle #2 of two.
May 29, 2014 - Beautiful dark amber color. The nose is intense and very complex dominated by rancio and dried dates, dried figs and butter with notes of walnut and cocoa. It is easy to expect a sweet wine based on the nose, but this wine is dry. On the palate the wine has very good acidity, medium body, and while the alcohol clearly is high it is seamlessly integrated and goes by without notice. The wine is intense and complex with butter, dried fruit, without becoming raisiny, and notes of cocoa, nuts and rancio. The finish is unmistakably walnutty. Long, complex, and beautiful. A wine for meditation.