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NV Equipo Navazos Jerez-Xérès-Sherry La Bota de Fino “que va para Amontillado” Nº 24 - Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry (12/31/2012)
Still a brilliant bottle, but this was a clear step down from the transcendental experiences in the last few that we had - a bit strange, given how it was quite perfectly paired with seafoody tapas and roast pig at Restaurant Catalunya. Nevertheless though, it was still a wonderful wine. The nose married typical Fino scents with a deeper, more complex edge, with salty seabreeze and seashell aromas hovering around of a core dried figs and pears, some preserved limes, and a drift of dried chrysanthenum flowers. Entrancing. As always though, it was the palate that really captured the imagination. Round, luscious, fleshy, with great depth and authority to its layered flavours of sweet lemons and figs and pears, all underpinned by the freshest, liveliest acidity that kept the wine laser-focused and mouthwateringly delicious - this was the perfect marriage of a salty, breezy Fino with the power, depth and creamy texture of an Amontillado. In spite of the substance on the wine though, it always remained graceful, harmonious, almost effortless, carrying its weight in a zen-like balance all the way in a super-long, mineral and spice infused finish that just refused to quit. A great wine for a cold, rainy new year’s eve lunch, this was, as always, a brilliant pairing with Jamon Inberico, roasted suckling pig and a whole lot of seafoody tapas. It may be familiarity breeding overly high expectations, but I thought this bottle just lacked some of the profound complexity of the previous expereinces. That aside though, it was fantastic wine in its own right. (94 pts.)
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