Toro Albalá Poley Fino del Lagar en Rama 10 Años - 50 cl.
HK$ 256.21
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The May 2025 bottling (the bottling information is printed in small print on the back label) of the NV Poley Fino del Lagar en Rama Solera 10 Años is an unfortified Fino. Like the other wines, it is from Moriles, produced with Pedro Ximénez grapes that achieved 15% alcohol and a pH of 3.19 after an average of 10 years under flor. It's pale, clean and aromatic, with unusual finesse, with notes of esparto grass, chalky and nutty, pungent and with faint bitterness. Drink it young for more pungent flavors or wait for it for a more mellow expression of the wine. It's presented in half-liter bottles. 12,500 bottles produced.
Features
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Alcohol
15.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 10 years under flor veil using the criaderas and solera system.
Description
In Moriles, where the summer heat is intense and the albariza soil reflects the light like a piece of chalk, Toro Albalá has spent generations refining an almost stubborn philosophy: to let time and the flor do the work, without any artificial enhancements. In the Poley range — heir to the old Marqués de Poley — the bold decision was not to ‘top up’ this Fino: here, alcohol is not added, it is earned. Just Pedro Ximénez, harvested at the exact moment to ferment naturally to around 15%, and then left to rest beneath that veil of biological ageing that breathes, protects and sculpts it over a decade. And yes: bottled undiluted, because purity can also be a radical gesture.
Production
After the Pedro Ximénez grapes are added, the must ferments dry to its natural alcohol content (without added wine alcohol). In Toro Albalá Poley Fino del Lagar en Rama 10 Años, the wine is then transferred to the traditional criaderas and solera system, where it spends an average of 10 years under flor. This long ageing refines the edges without dulling the edge: the cellar retains freshness, the albariza maintains the tension, and the wine gains a surprisingly silky texture for such a dry profile. It is bottled with minimal intervention, preserving its most authentic character: direct on the palate, energy intact, salt on the fingers.
Flavour
In Toro Albalá Poley Fino del Lagar en Rama 10 Years, the colour is pale straw with greenish glints. The nose does not seek to please: it is sharp, clean and precise, with notes of breadcrumb and fine yeast, raw almond, hazelnut, fresh hay, olive and esparto grass. A chalky base—chalk, dry stone—underpins everything and makes it even more austere. On the palate, it is dry and full-bodied, with a silky texture, and immediately that fine, salivating bitterness appears, bringing the whole together and drawing the glass out towards a very long salinity. It is a generous wine of precision: more vertical than aromatic, more mineral than fruity, with a finish that calls for seafood, ham or simply another glass.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 136.91 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
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