Andalusia
Andalusia, a region in southern Spain, is a captivating wine destination that offers a diverse range of fine wines. With its warm climate, unique terroir, and rich winemaking traditions, Andalusia is renowned for producing exceptional wines that reflect the region's cultural heritage and dedication to quality.
One of the most famous vineyards in Andalusia is Bodegas Tradición, a family-owned winery known for its exquisite Sherry wines. Their Sherries, including Fino, Amontillado, and Oloroso, showcase the region's mastery in producing these fortified wines with distinct flavors, aromas, and aging processes.
Andalusia is celebrated for its fortified wines, particularly the world-renowned Sherries from the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda regions. Bodegas Lustau, González Byass, and Bodegas Tradición are among the notable producers that craft exceptional Sherries with a range of styles, from bone-dry to lusciously sweet.
The region is also known for its unique dessert wine, Pedro Ximénez (PX). Vineyards such as Alvear, Toro Albalá, and Bodegas Robles specialize in crafting luscious, intensely sweet PX wines that exhibit flavors of raisins, figs, caramel, and a velvety texture.
While Andalusia is famous for its fortified and dessert wines, it also produces notable table wines. The Montilla-Moriles region, known for its wine made from the Pedro Ximénez grape, offers dry white wines with crisp acidity and distinctive nutty flavors. Vineyards such as Pérez Barquero and Bodegas Alvear produce outstanding examples of these wines.
Andalusia's fine wines beautifully capture the region's rich history, vibrant culture, and exceptional winemaking traditions. Whether you're sipping a bone-dry Sherry, indulging in a luscious PX dessert wine, or enjoying a crisp Montilla-Moriles white, Andalusian wines promise a journey of flavors that reflect the region's unique terroir and winemaking expertise.
Andalusia
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Andalucia | 1 | 100 (WA) |
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€117.34 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Alvear’s 2011 Pedro Ximenez de Anada is the most amazing Pedro Ximenez I have ever tasted. It may also be one of the first to be vintage-dated. The grapes were hand-harvested in September, then allowed to dry in the sunshine until they began fermentation, which is ultimately arrested by the addition of spirits. The wine spent six months in large American oak prior to being bottled. It is an amazing effort that looks like molasses. Notes of macerated figs, chocolate and caramelized tropical fruits emerge from this full-bodied, unctuously-textured wine. While sweet, it has enough acidity to balance out its richness. This astonishing 2011 Pedro Ximenez will last as long as any reader of this newsletter. |
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Andalucia | 4 | 96 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€199.13 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The 2014 Pedro Ximenez de Anada is dark amber and sweet, with notes of honeyed figs, maple syrup, toffee and almond liqueur. It is rich and unctuous, very full-bodied and a serious decadent elixir. It should last for 20-30 years, or more. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€427.43 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The amazing, pedal to the metal/full throttle/balls to the wall, sweet 1910 Pedro Ximenez Solera is a dark amber-colored, full-bodied, unctuously-textured beauty that should be sipped and savored slowly and carefully at the end of a meal with a plate of cashews. It is remarkable stuff. The price is not high for what it represents. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€260.33 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The NV Pedro Ximenez Solera 1927 is non-vintage, but does have some 1927 material in it. This is totally dark brown/amber with notes of figs, toffee, caramel syrup, molasses and coffee. It is dense, super sweet, intense, rich and an amazingly, unctuously textured, thick beverage to consume slowly and introspectively after a meal. Drink now through 2050, or even longer. |
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Andalucia | 4 | 20 (JR) |
Inc. TAX
€713.39 |
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Jancis Robinson (20)Deeper in colour than the bicentenary Palo Cortado, with a reddish glow. As I poured it into the glass, I got an instant hit of truffles. Then honeyed roast nuts. Then nail polish and red floor polish and toasted spelt grains and dried orange peel. So dense on the palate that it’s almost meaty – none of the translucency and tiffany of the Palo Cortado. This roars with power, sending goosebumps up and down my arms, the hair on the back on my neck prickling. This is like tasting the fiery heat of sunset, like molten copper out the furnace. Incredible tang. Tamarind! The very essence of tamarind. Blood orange, the earthy-mouth-drawing sharpness of baobab fruit, pecans deep-roasted to the edge of char, chestnuts pulled from the embers, and then so rich on the finish that the aftertaste is like rare duck breast in a bitter-orange sauce. Szechuan pepper. A mosaic of russet, fox red, auric, henna, crimson autumn leaves and then the sweet umami earth-kiss of mushroom. And through all this, for a wine that might be well, well over a hundred years old, the most astounding freshness. So fresh every cell in my body is fizzing with life. Absolutely extraordinary. |
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Andalucia | 2 | 96 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€2,720.36 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The contents of two barrels of very old Amontillado that remained at the San Roberto winery were bottled separately in half bottles, because the wines were very different. The NV Amontillado S. Roberto Bota Única 2/2 is the more powerful, wild and concentrated wine, pungent and sharp, with even higher alcohol than the other butt (1/1). Some people will prefer more power, like this one, and some others more finesse, like the other one. In any case, both are unique, unrepeatable and extraordinary wines. There was only one barrel that was emptied into some 900 half bottles. The price is for a half bottle. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (RP) |
Inc. TAX
€180.94 |
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Wine Advocate - Robert Parker (98)Another old, rare and concentrated Sherry, the NV La Bota de Palo Cortado Bota Punta 48 is a single-cask, very old (around 70 years of age) Palo Cortado originated in the vineyards of Gaspar Florido in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It aged for a long time allowing it to gain concentration over time, most probably with a few years under flor in its youth. It's sharp and pungent, really intense in the palate. It has notes of cigar ash, hints of malted cereals, peat, and smoke, with a super-intense palate with persistent flavors and an extremely salty, really concentrated ending. Simply superb! |
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Andalucia | 1 | 97 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€573.71 |
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Wine Advocate (97)Navazos releases a super-old wine from time to time, and this time it's the turn of an Amontillado from Montilla-Moriles, produced with Pedro Ximénez grapes and sourced from the Pérez Barquero winery. It's presented as NV La Bota de Amontillado 73 “Bota Aniversario.” These old wines are always very concentrated and powerful, and the challenge here is to find one that is balanced. A similar wine was bottled as La Bota 26 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the project, but it was never sold and instead was used for gifts for the core of Navazos customers from the bota 1. That 26 was taken from the bota 'No', and this 73, in order to not empty cask number 8 (the bota 'no'), was blended with cask number 3. Despite being bottled with some 21% alcohol, this wine is supposedly not fortified, and the alcoholic degree is achieved by pure evaporation and concentration through old age. This is getting the character of a very old wine, with hints of rusty nails and noble woods, a volatile touch and lots of nut notes. The palate is powerful, with volume, sharpness, elegance, intensity and a very long finish with echoes of low tide and rusty nails. A unique wine. 1,100 half bottles produced. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 19 (JR) |
Inc. TAX
€526.51 |
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Jancis Robinson (19)Pale amber, with touches of orange and brown. Mahogany wood-polish lift to cooked orange peel, hazelnut fudge, cinnamon spice, hard cheese and chocolate. Intense, powerful palate entry, with spice, toasted hazelnut and some richness of cooked citrus. Such intensity will be hard for some, but this is an exceptional wine with exceptional length. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (DC) |
Inc. TAX
€434.02 |
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Decanter (98)A new-wave Sherry by winemakers Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Perez makes its debut on the Place de Bordeaux this September. 100% Palomino Fino grapes come from the 3.35-hectare San Cayetano vineyard in Macharnudo, planted in 1988. Beautifully fragranced nose, really perfumed and floral, scented with wildflowers. The wine sees one year of flor ageing but it's distinctly dry and round on the palate. There's a thickness to the texture, like thick honey but with salted, softly spiced edges and a core of bright lemon, peach and pear that gives tang, energy and excitement to the expression. Poised and refined, this has a lovely ease about it, beautifully textured and fully flavoured with mouthwatering acidity and bursts of bright citrus zest that counter the saltiness - close your eyes and you could be by the beach! Interesting and captivating, long and lingering, crying out to be eaten with nuts. lovely sea salt spray, close your eyes and you're at the beach! limestone. Small production of only 6,000 bottles. |
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Andalucia | 2 | - |
Inc. TAX
€1,003.69 |
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Andalucia | 1 | - |
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€498.06 |
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Evoking the spirit of Jerez, the M. Ant. De la Riva Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023 is a paragon of Andalusian viticulture. Crafted by the celebrated bodeguero, M. Ant. De la Riva, this sherry hails from the sunbaked vineyards of Macharnudo, ensconced in the heart of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry denomination of origin. This painstakingly produced vintage is an ode to the traditional 'almacenistas' methods, aged with love under the nalón's watchful gaze. This Palmira-style sherry, made from premium quality Palomino Fino grapes, seduces with its deep golden hue and enchanting bouquet, yielding hints of caramelised almonds, aged wood, and the faintest whisper of sea breeze. On the palate, the M. Ant. De la Riva Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023 dazzles with its complexity, engaging the senses with a delightful interplay of dry and savoury notes, enriched by a satisfying, long finish. A memorable distillate that asserts the prestige and pedigree of its land and maker. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
€95.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Alvear’s 2011 Pedro Ximenez de Anada is the most amazing Pedro Ximenez I have ever tasted. It may also be one of the first to be vintage-dated. The grapes were hand-harvested in September, then allowed to dry in the sunshine until they began fermentation, which is ultimately arrested by the addition of spirits. The wine spent six months in large American oak prior to being bottled. It is an amazing effort that looks like molasses. Notes of macerated figs, chocolate and caramelized tropical fruits emerge from this full-bodied, unctuously-textured wine. While sweet, it has enough acidity to balance out its richness. This astonishing 2011 Pedro Ximenez will last as long as any reader of this newsletter. |
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Andalucia | 4 | 96 (WA) |
In Bond
€154.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The 2014 Pedro Ximenez de Anada is dark amber and sweet, with notes of honeyed figs, maple syrup, toffee and almond liqueur. It is rich and unctuous, very full-bodied and a serious decadent elixir. It should last for 20-30 years, or more. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (WA) |
In Bond
€345.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The amazing, pedal to the metal/full throttle/balls to the wall, sweet 1910 Pedro Ximenez Solera is a dark amber-colored, full-bodied, unctuously-textured beauty that should be sipped and savored slowly and carefully at the end of a meal with a plate of cashews. It is remarkable stuff. The price is not high for what it represents. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (WA) |
In Bond
€205.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The NV Pedro Ximenez Solera 1927 is non-vintage, but does have some 1927 material in it. This is totally dark brown/amber with notes of figs, toffee, caramel syrup, molasses and coffee. It is dense, super sweet, intense, rich and an amazingly, unctuously textured, thick beverage to consume slowly and introspectively after a meal. Drink now through 2050, or even longer. |
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Andalucia | 4 | 20 (JR) |
In Bond
€544.00 |
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Jancis Robinson (20)Deeper in colour than the bicentenary Palo Cortado, with a reddish glow. As I poured it into the glass, I got an instant hit of truffles. Then honeyed roast nuts. Then nail polish and red floor polish and toasted spelt grains and dried orange peel. So dense on the palate that it’s almost meaty – none of the translucency and tiffany of the Palo Cortado. This roars with power, sending goosebumps up and down my arms, the hair on the back on my neck prickling. This is like tasting the fiery heat of sunset, like molten copper out the furnace. Incredible tang. Tamarind! The very essence of tamarind. Blood orange, the earthy-mouth-drawing sharpness of baobab fruit, pecans deep-roasted to the edge of char, chestnuts pulled from the embers, and then so rich on the finish that the aftertaste is like rare duck breast in a bitter-orange sauce. Szechuan pepper. A mosaic of russet, fox red, auric, henna, crimson autumn leaves and then the sweet umami earth-kiss of mushroom. And through all this, for a wine that might be well, well over a hundred years old, the most astounding freshness. So fresh every cell in my body is fizzing with life. Absolutely extraordinary. |
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Andalucia | 2 | 96 (WA) |
In Bond
€2,065.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The contents of two barrels of very old Amontillado that remained at the San Roberto winery were bottled separately in half bottles, because the wines were very different. The NV Amontillado S. Roberto Bota Única 2/2 is the more powerful, wild and concentrated wine, pungent and sharp, with even higher alcohol than the other butt (1/1). Some people will prefer more power, like this one, and some others more finesse, like the other one. In any case, both are unique, unrepeatable and extraordinary wines. There was only one barrel that was emptied into some 900 half bottles. The price is for a half bottle. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (RP) |
In Bond
€148.00 |
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Wine Advocate - Robert Parker (98)Another old, rare and concentrated Sherry, the NV La Bota de Palo Cortado Bota Punta 48 is a single-cask, very old (around 70 years of age) Palo Cortado originated in the vineyards of Gaspar Florido in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It aged for a long time allowing it to gain concentration over time, most probably with a few years under flor in its youth. It's sharp and pungent, really intense in the palate. It has notes of cigar ash, hints of malted cereals, peat, and smoke, with a super-intense palate with persistent flavors and an extremely salty, really concentrated ending. Simply superb! |
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Andalucia | 1 | 97 (WA) |
In Bond
€462.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)Navazos releases a super-old wine from time to time, and this time it's the turn of an Amontillado from Montilla-Moriles, produced with Pedro Ximénez grapes and sourced from the Pérez Barquero winery. It's presented as NV La Bota de Amontillado 73 “Bota Aniversario.” These old wines are always very concentrated and powerful, and the challenge here is to find one that is balanced. A similar wine was bottled as La Bota 26 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the project, but it was never sold and instead was used for gifts for the core of Navazos customers from the bota 1. That 26 was taken from the bota 'No', and this 73, in order to not empty cask number 8 (the bota 'no'), was blended with cask number 3. Despite being bottled with some 21% alcohol, this wine is supposedly not fortified, and the alcoholic degree is achieved by pure evaporation and concentration through old age. This is getting the character of a very old wine, with hints of rusty nails and noble woods, a volatile touch and lots of nut notes. The palate is powerful, with volume, sharpness, elegance, intensity and a very long finish with echoes of low tide and rusty nails. A unique wine. 1,100 half bottles produced. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 19 (JR) |
In Bond
€420.00 |
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Jancis Robinson (19)Pale amber, with touches of orange and brown. Mahogany wood-polish lift to cooked orange peel, hazelnut fudge, cinnamon spice, hard cheese and chocolate. Intense, powerful palate entry, with spice, toasted hazelnut and some richness of cooked citrus. Such intensity will be hard for some, but this is an exceptional wine with exceptional length. |
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Andalucia | 1 | 98 (DC) |
In Bond
€343.00 |
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Decanter (98)A new-wave Sherry by winemakers Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Perez makes its debut on the Place de Bordeaux this September. 100% Palomino Fino grapes come from the 3.35-hectare San Cayetano vineyard in Macharnudo, planted in 1988. Beautifully fragranced nose, really perfumed and floral, scented with wildflowers. The wine sees one year of flor ageing but it's distinctly dry and round on the palate. There's a thickness to the texture, like thick honey but with salted, softly spiced edges and a core of bright lemon, peach and pear that gives tang, energy and excitement to the expression. Poised and refined, this has a lovely ease about it, beautifully textured and fully flavoured with mouthwatering acidity and bursts of bright citrus zest that counter the saltiness - close your eyes and you could be by the beach! Interesting and captivating, long and lingering, crying out to be eaten with nuts. lovely sea salt spray, close your eyes and you're at the beach! limestone. Small production of only 6,000 bottles. |
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Andalucia | 2 | - |
In Bond
€798.00 |
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Andalucia | 1 | - |
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€396.00 |
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Evoking the spirit of Jerez, the M. Ant. De la Riva Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023 is a paragon of Andalusian viticulture. Crafted by the celebrated bodeguero, M. Ant. De la Riva, this sherry hails from the sunbaked vineyards of Macharnudo, ensconced in the heart of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry denomination of origin. This painstakingly produced vintage is an ode to the traditional 'almacenistas' methods, aged with love under the nalón's watchful gaze. This Palmira-style sherry, made from premium quality Palomino Fino grapes, seduces with its deep golden hue and enchanting bouquet, yielding hints of caramelised almonds, aged wood, and the faintest whisper of sea breeze. On the palate, the M. Ant. De la Riva Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023 dazzles with its complexity, engaging the senses with a delightful interplay of dry and savoury notes, enriched by a satisfying, long finish. A memorable distillate that asserts the prestige and pedigree of its land and maker. |
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