Oloroso Faraon Vinos Viejos de Hidalgo 30 Year Old VORS 50cl

Vinos Viejos de Hidalgo Oloroso Faraon 30 Year Old VORS 50cl

Grape: 100% Palomino Fino

A nose of intensely rich pervading walnut. A dry, intense, rich and deep with a long and powerful flavour.

Critics' Tasting Notes: 

"Wonderfully complex citrus peel, floor polish and spice nose. The palate is funky and complex with profound, fresh, nutty, lemony complexity. Very expressive". Jamie Goode, www.wineanorak, March 2009

"Mid amber, with some olive touches at the rim. Fudgy walnut, some dried herb, mahogany and toffee tones. Rich and rounded palate entry with a touch of residual sugar. Spiced, cooked orange, chocolate, mahogany and sweet spices. Long, dark-chocolate finish, with just a touch of warmth. Class." Drink 2019 – 2035

18/20 points, Tim Jackson MW, Jancisrobinson.com, May 2019

"This is a rich, intensely powerful wine with an amazing baroque oxidative complexity. A glass of very old wine to drink like fine old Cognac: short sips, meditatively, tasting with the memory rather than with the senses. Its extremely well-integrated alcohol elevates the roasted walnuts and bitter orange peel characteristics."

96/100 points (Gold), Decanter World Wine Awards, 2022

Grapes are sourced exclusively from vineyards in Balbaina and Miraflores,and only the free run juice is used for Oloroso Faraon. Matured in solera, in casks of American oak in the sherry town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The maturation is first ‘biological’, i.e. under a veil of yeast or flor followed by the‘oxidative’ process, which begins as the yeast dies off due to lack of nutrients available in the sherry. Then follows several (over thirty years) of ageing in cask, to give a dry, complex wine. Wines of such age are designated VORS, (Very Old Rare Sherry). 

Great with many foods: Tapas, soup, dry cheeses and even beef.