NV Bodegas Tradición Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Fino Tradición

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  4/7/2024 - cugel_saga Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A real hint of amber, deeper in colour than a regular Fino reflecting the extra years under flor.
  
  There is a freshness to this wine that begins on the nose and suggests pine forests and sand dunes, almost Manzanilla like.
  
  It's delightful to drink. Served cool with roast almonds and salted olives it offers plenty to keep you interested.
  
  Saline and fresh but with great depth and ridiculously long on the finish. It coats the palate with a wonderful waxiness and keeps giving with hints of nut and apple; great sherry, great wine.

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  5/8/2022 - acyso wrote: 90 Points

  A nose and palate that are somewhat muted, this is a more subtle and subdued version of fino. Clean and bright with distinct salinity, there is just a hint of nuttiness here, and not too much else. Reasonably good (and I'm not upset about picking this off a list), but pales in comparison to the brilliant Valdespino Inocente.

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  4/29/2022 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  As opposed to a typical Fino which is approximately 3 years old when released, this Bodegas Tradición bottling is approximately 8 years old when released - it takes quite a bit of skill to keep the wine fresh and not fall to the victim of unwanted oxidation under a biological aging regime that long. 15% alcohol, approximately 4 g/l acidity. Saca of November 2017 (II/2017), bottle #992 of total 3000 bottles.
  
  Luminous pale golden-to-straw yellow color. Classic, slightly pungent aldehydic and subtly sweet-toned nose with aromas of waxy richness, some evolved nutty tones, a little bit of sorrel, light juicy notes of slightly wizened peach, a hint of green apple slices and a touch of green almonds. The wine is dry, somewhat aldehydic and subtly evolved on the palate with a moderately full body and complex flavors of sorrel and green almonds, some tangy notes of aldehydic sharpness, a little bit of ripe peachy stone fruit, light nuances of beeswax, a hint of mushroomy funk and subtly oxidative touch of caramel. Typical of Sherry, the rather soft acidity feels only medium, but still the wine comes across as firm and balanced due to its combination of slightly aged concentration and tangy aldehydic character. The finish is round, waxy and very lengthy with complex flavors of beeswax, some peachy fruit, a little bit of slivered almonds, light aldehydic notes of sorrel and green apple, a hint of mushroomy funk and an evolved touch of caramel.
  
  A beautiful, fine and harmonious Fino that comes across as more rich and evolved than your typically fresh, bright and tangy Fino or Manzanilla - there is more sense of weight and concentration here, and the prolonged aging has added some lovely nuances of caramel and beeswax to the flavors. This is not as evolved as, say, Manzanilla Pasada, nor is the wine as oxidative as an Amontillado, as the wine has been aged under a flor never oxidatively, but the style is still more developed and fine-tuned than what you'd expect from a Fino. I can see some people might not like this kind of mellow, layered style of wine if they are looking for a bright and zippy Fino, but if one wants depth, richness and complexity of a developed Sherry, yet with the lightness and freshness of a Fino, this wine is in its class of its own. This bottle might not be as impressive as the VOS and VORS bottlings of Bodegas Tradición, but this is a wine that can and will challenge most Finos out there with its finesse, depth and complexity. Superb stuff.

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  3/18/2022 - Harley1199 wrote:

  Back to your Roots (Baeza & Rufete); 3/18/2022-3/20/2022 (Alicante - España): Sharp, almond and ethereal on the nose. In the mouth it has a slight sweetness, a weak texture and a surprising short finish. Tired?
  
  Punzante, almendrado y etéreo en nariz. En boca presenta un ligero dulzor, una textura débil y un sorprendente final corto. ¿Cansada?

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  12/11/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  A private lunch (Restaurant Sinck, Amsterdam, NL): Bottle No. 491/3000, 12 years old, 15% ABV. Saca de Noviembre 2021, so it's almost like tasting it directly from the bota. Pale golden colour, complex aromatics, clear hint of aniseed, silky and seamless, yeast and flowers and nuts, green olive, dry but smooth and refined, so fresh and natural, excellent resonance and length.

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