TN: NV Equipo Navazos - Jerez-Xérès-Sherry La Bota de Manzanilla "Navazos" Nº 22

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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Excellent wines…the entire Navazos lineup. Wish I could afford them on a regular basis.