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NV Equipo Navazos Jerez-Xérès-Sherry La Bota de Manzanilla “Navazos” Nº 22 - Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry (12/8/2011)
– popped and poured –
– tasted non-blind over a couple days –
NOSE: incredibly expressive and complex, with a lovely tawny saltiness – green olive – and a hint of anise seed laid atop a wash of wood stain (V/A?), and dotted with notes of fennel, molasses, and hazelnut.
BODY: golden-tan color of medium to medium-deep depth; medium to medium-full bodied.
TASTE: intensely flavored with zippidity acidity; funky cheese – moldy rind cheese, such as tomme de savoie; iodine; hint of golden pipe tobacco; strong toasted almond flavor on the finish, which is long and of medium-strong intensity; quite dry; 15% alc. is very well-hidden and is not noticeable at all; no perceptible tannin; this is an interesting, contemplative wine. Quite remarkable; it’s hard for me to conceptualize how a Manzanilla Sherry could be much better than this one. Superlative.
B: 50, 5, 13, 18, 9 = (95 pts.)
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