Type | Fortified sweet wine |
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Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 16.0% |
Spec sheet
What does this wine taste like?
View | Mahogany |
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Bouquet | Powerful / Ageing notes / Toasty notes |
Mouth | Full / Sweet / Slightly bitter / Honey / Nice touch of oxidation |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 10ºC and 12ºC
Food pairing
Vanilla ice cream / Dried fruit and nuts / Blue cheeses / Blue Stilton cheese / Roquefort cheese
Customer reviews
The winery
Alvear
In Montilla-Moriles, Andalusia, Spain, there is a storied winery called Alvear. It was founded at the beginning of the 20th century and has a long history of making excellent wines from the Palomino vine. The winery is well known for its classic solera-produced sherry-style wines. Sherry has been made for generations using the solera system, a technique for maturing and combining wine. Transferring wine from one barrel to another, progressively blending several vintages, and...