Community Tasting Notes 7

• forceberry wrote: 93 points

  May 28, 2019 - 21% alcohol.
  
  Pale coppery orange color with a dark mahogany core and thin golden rim. Somewhat restrained and enjoyably fragrant nose with complex, sweet-toned aromas of creamy richness, marzipan, some alcohol, a little bit of nutty Tawny character, light nail polish tones of VA and a hint of sharp acetaldehyde. Overall the nose feels like a seamless blend of Tawny Port, Amontillado Sherry and Terrantez Madeira. The wine is very medium-bodied, complex and very intense on the palate with pronounced aldehydic salinity and sharpness, some apple peel bitterness, a little bit of hay and sorrel, light nuances of salted nuts, a hint of mushroomy umami and a touch of green almonds. The high alcohol lends some moderate heat to the palate. The overall feel is surprisingly crisp and structured, thanks to the moderately high acidity for a Palomino. The finish is very long and complex with some alcohol heat and intense flavors of aldehydic salinity, some hay, a little bit of sharp green apple, light mushroomy tones and a nutty hint of rancio.
  
  A lovely, complex and multi-layered Amontillado with remarkable depth and intensity. The wine is mostly about sharp aldehydic tones, savory tertiary notes and mushroomy nuances of umami - the fruit flavors and honeyed richness some younger Amontillados can exhibit have left the wine a long time ago. Perhaps not among the best VORS Sherries out there, but a very delicious and rewarding wine all the same - albeit perhaps not that accessible, due to its pronounced acetaldehyde character. A connoisseur's Amontillado.

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• BaikuB Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 6, 2019 - un amontillado de 30 ans. une quintessence. Il s’agit d’un fino dont la flor( voile de levures comme dans un vin Jaune) a disparu et le vin s’est oxydé longuement et délicatement, sans précipitation. Une merveille.

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• honest bob wrote: 87 points

  September 22, 2018 - Andalucia, mainly Sherry (Tradicion/Lustau/Barbadillo); 9/12/2018-9/26/2018 (Malaga-Cordoba-Carmona-Arcos-Jerez): Tasted at the bodega. Dark amber, cloudy from fine suspension. Medicinal scent of sticking plaster dipped in caramel; appetizing medium-bodied entry with muted salted caramel and acid gain throughout the bone-dry mid-palate to the rather bitter finish, which feels as if it could use some more flesh, concentration or balance. A “lessish” wine, which I found less attractive every time I retried it. 41 Euro/50cl. 87P(?)

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• Ebrim Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 3, 2017 - No proper notes - salted almonds, dried figs, salty minerals, caramell, deeeep complexity, very concentrated and intense wine. Outstanding quality, 92p

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• DK Amateur wrote:

  March 31, 2016 - Touring Andalucia; 3/24/2016-4/2/2016: (At the Lustau Bodega) A wild wine: Salt, mineral, edgy and dusty. Notes of licorice and sal ammoniac. High acidity. And very tasty!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Fortified
• Producer Emilio Lustau
• Varietal Palomino Fino
• Designation 30 Years Old Amontillado VORS
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Andalucía
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
• UPC Codes 097985138439, 8412325002843

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• In Cellars 54 (71%)
• Consumed 21 (28%)

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