Lustau Fino De Jerez Single Cask - 50 cl.
HK$ 374.63
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The NV Single Cask Fino de Jerez has marked aromas of yeasts and sesame seeds, very different from the one from El Puerto. There are more notes of flowers and white fruit in this wine, which used to feed the Fino Jarana second criadera that has not been refreshed in the last four years. The palate is quite fine, like the flor has worked and sharpened the wine intensely. But at the same time it has volume that somehow makes me think of a white from the Côte de Beaune. Only 480 half-liter bottles were filled in March 2017.
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
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Size
Appellation
Alcohol
15.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Aged with the traditional Soleras system.
Description
In the heart of the Marco de Jerez region, where the sun scorches the albariza soils and the Atlantic breeze tempers the vines, a unique story emerges: that of a cask that did not want to be like the others. In the century-old Lustau cellars, the cradle of some of Andalusia's finest wines, the winemaker stumbled - almost by chance - upon a cask that spoke a different language. A more saline, more restrained, purer expression. Thus was born the Lustau Fino De Jerez Single Cask, a limited edition that breaks with the homogeneity of the soleras to give prominence to a single voice: that of the most essential Palomino, naked, without concessions.
Sourced from vineyards set in albariza soils -those white sands of calcareous origin that reflect the sun and retain humidity-, the wine is steeped in the age-old tradition of Jerez. Extreme climate, temperature fluctuations, sea breezes... everything conspires to ensure that Palomino finds its maximum expression in sobriety.
Winemaking
After manual harvesting, the grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks until a clean, dry must is obtained. Then begins the biological ageing under flor veil in American oak casks. In this particular case, it is an overtabl barrel that for 10 years nourished the 2nd Criadera of Fino Jarana and that, for the last 4 years, has been kept in static ageing, without spraying or sacas. During this period, the flor continued to act, refining the wine and revealing a purer, more concentrated and delicate profile. This fine layer of indigenous yeasts protected the wine from oxygen, polished it and gave it its dry, saline and sharp character. But Lustau Fino De Jerez Single Cask is not the result of traditional blending in criaderas and soleras: it is a single cask, the contents of a single butt selected for its unusual expression. There is no aggressive filtering or corrections: it is bottled as is, preserving its natural integrity. A fino of surgical precision and silent soul.
Taste
On the nose, Lustau Fino De Jerez Single Cask unfolds with the elegance of flor: sharp, saline, austere. Hints of raw almonds, sourdough bread, wet stone and fresh yeast. Nothing is exuberant, everything is suggestive, as if speaking in a low voice. On the palate, the attack is dry, sharp, electric. Salinity caresses the palate while a noble bitterness - the mark of the flower - adds tension. Notes of green nuts, lemon peel, hints of chalk and a slight sensation of umami persist. The finish is long, dry, with a mineral echo. This Fino de Jerez does not aim to please everyone: it is for those who appreciate the truth of unadorned wine, for those who seek the pure character of Jerez condensed in a single bottle.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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