La Bota de Amontillado 109 Bota Punta - 37,5 cl.
HK$ 931.00
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The NV La Bota de Amontillado Bota Punta 109 is a very old wine they selected from the cooperative of Trebujena that had never been bottled before. The cooperative was created in 1970, but one of the members had these butts from before; their history was really unknown, but the wine has a profile of coastal Amontillado (from Sanlúcar or Trebujena) with less glycerin, sharp and saline, not as sharp or as bitter as the iconic NPI but with crazy numbers—alcohol, acidity, dry extract and everything. It's very intense but very balanced. An amazing wine that should live forever. It was bottled into 1,200 half bottles (one bota) in October 2021.
Features
Type of wine
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Size
Appellation
Alcohol
22.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Aged with the criaderas and soleras system with an average ageing of more than 40 years.
Description
In the depths of the Marco de Jerez, where the Guadalquivir widens before merging with the sea, barrels survive that seem to be suspended in time. Liquid relics, silent witnesses of a tradition that endures. One of them - the most extreme, the most inexplicable - has seen the light of day as La Bota de Amontillado 109 "Bota Punta" by Equipo Navazos. Its history is as dense as the wine it contains: the exact origin of these butts, which predate the founding of the Albarizas de Trebujena cooperative in 1977, is unknown. No one in the winery agrees on whether, when it arrived, it was already a very old amontillado or an oloroso that time reshaped. What is not in doubt is its profile: a sharp, saline amontillado that evokes both Trebujena and Sanlúcar, with that vibrant tension that only the years and the flower can silently mould.
Born exclusively from Palomino Fino, this wine is the result of radical ageing, marked by the environment. In Trebujena, the albarizas harden under the dry eastern sun and the humidity of the nearby river adds layers of salinity. This terroir imprints an austere, vertical character that avoids artifice. There is no blending, no solera, no technical adjustments: just a single boot, left in peace for decades, without refreshment, without movement. Like someone tending an altar.
Winemaking
We are dealing with a wine aged for years under a veil of flor, which eventually disappeared, giving way to a slow, natural oxidation. The Bota de Amontillado 109 Bota Punta, the most exposed of a small cask, was bottled without fining or stabilisation, directly from the wood into the bottle. There is no modern intervention, only absolute respect for a raw material that has been able to evolve on its own, with the patience that only the passage of time allows. The concentration comes from the decline: the slow evaporation that condenses the soul of the wine.
Taste
On the nose, La Bota de Amontillado 109 Bota Punta commands respect: iodine, bitter almonds, noble varnishes, hints of incense and dry honeycomb. Not at all sweet, all sharp. In the mouth it is vertical, penetrating, dry as a rock. The alcohol melts into a taut structure, with vibrant acidity and marked salinity. There are hints of orange peel, nutmeg, dry curry and a faint reminiscence of blond tobacco. The finish is very long, austere, defiant. It is not a gentle wine: it is pure character. An uncompromising rarity that demands attention and reverence. A liquid monument for those who understand that time, when left to act, can work miracles.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 19-23 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 24 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 49-53 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 54 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 139.69 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
