Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear Half Bottle

Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear Sherry, Jerez, Spain, 37.5cl

Grapes: 100% Palomino Fino 

This fine sherry has a beautifully clean, brilliant and intense appearance. Pale yellow colour with attractive glints in the light. On the nose it's appealing and honest, with intensity and finesse originating from the prolonged contact with the flor. Delicate hints of salty air and camomile. On the palate it's extraordinarily dry on the palate but then smooth and harmonious on the finish. Subtle, slightly, salty and with a persistent and pleasing flavour.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"A Manzanilla, made from the Palomino grape grown in Jerez, and aged in a solera system in the humid conditions around Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Tasted from a white wine glass, this pale yellow, 15% alcohol Sherry does have the distinctive iodine tang of briny sea air, as well as dry nut husk and apple notes. On the palate it is intense and oh so dry, but it is rich, again it is nuttiness that floods the palate here, with that fresh and vital salty acidity giving great length. Pound for pound in terms of world wine quality, these Sherries remain such a bargain."

92/100 points, Tom Cannavan, January 2019

"Dry fortified wine made exclusively from Palomino Fino grapes, grown in Sanlúcar de Barrameda... In the Fino style, that is, protected from oxidation by the appearance of flor throughout the 6-year period in which it ages in the bota (500-liter oak barrels), in the solera system. This version is a kind of reserve, when compared to the other Manzanilla (which spends 3 years in wood). This longer period adds aromatic complexity and flavor persistence, as well as greater concentration and intensity. Abundant in saline and dried fruit notes, it has vibrant acidity, a creamy texture and a deep, unctuous finish, which invites a second glass, preferably accompanied by raw ham and olives."

92/100 points, REVISTA ADEGA (Brazil), March 2023

Solear is renowned for being one of the finest Manzanilla blends available. This wine is supremely elegant and pure. Through the fractional blending “solera” system it has been aged for 6 years and is Spain’s best selling Manzanilla. At 15% alcohol it should be treated like any white table wine; well refrigerated and consumed soon after opening to be enjoyed at its best.