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Sherry
Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 November
The Reserve Collection
Whereas Champagne has enjoyed a 20 year boom, the wines of Jerez have been unjustly overlooked. Sherry is fascinating and versatile with an array of styles that can be drunk as aperitifs, digestifs and to accompany meals. This in-depth tour to Bodegas in the triangle of the principle towns, Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa Maria and Sanlucar de Barrameda. We are very pleased to have been invited to the Consejo Regulador, the governing body of the Sherry Industry as special guests. After an explanation of the Industry, there will be a fascinating tasting of the many styles with good examples being shown. The tasting continues over dinner. In the morning, we visit Lustau, tasting their famous Almacenistas (stock-holders) sherries. Osborne in Puerto de Santa Maria, is better known in Spain for brandy, than for wine. Osborne produce good sherries, including a very good Fino and the top of the range Family Reserve that is about the oldest sherry on the market. It is a rare opportunity to be allowed to taste a wine that is 100 years old.
Our tasting continues over lunch. We have an early evening invitation to Bodegas Marques del Tesoro to taste the wines of Valdespino, famous for Innocente rated by many cognoscenti as the greatest of all Finos. There cannot be many aperitifs better than this, especially when drawn fresh from the barrel. Next day we head to Sanlucar on the coast, where a tasting awaits us at Hidalgo. La Gitana, their outstanding Manzanilla, straight from the sherry-butt, is an ultimate in dry sherry. Because La Gitana is so good, the other Hidalgo wines tend to be overlooked - a shame as they are superb and include rare styles such as Palo Cortado and Manzanilla-Amontillado. This afternoon you can explore in Jerez de la Frontera. You might visit La Colegiata, a curious pseudo-gothic church, the Alcazar or the Andalusian School of Equestrian Art. Dinner is at one of the oldest tapas restaurants in Jerez, which will be a themed dinner with Gonzales-Byass, famous for their elegant dry Tio Pepe Fino. Our tasting with tapas will focus on their rare and ancient sherries including the profound Methusala Old Amontillado, the Noé, their great sticky PX.
La Gitana, drawn straight from the solera
Our ½nal day is spent in the historical port of Cadiz. After time to explore, we drop into a traditional bar, the last of its kind in Cadiz, with its own soleras on site where they ½nish off wines made by the bodegas. You come here to sample their own Manzanilla and other styles, super fresh, served straight from the barrel. Authentic and simple, this is a special experience. Lunch is at one of the best restaurants in the region. The Wine Guide is Derek Smedley M.W.
Outline Itinerary
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Meet at hotel in Jerez. Tasting & dinner. 4* Boutique hotel. Visits and lunch in Jerez. Visit in Sanlucar. Lunch. Tasting over dinner. Visit Cadiz. Manzanilla Tasting & lunch. Drop off Jerez airport and Seville for clients staying on.
Includes
3 nights 4* boutique palacio hotel, breakfasts, 5 meals with wines / sherries, coach. Wine Guide & Tour Manager. The maximum party size is 20. Extend your stay in the city of Seville or Cadiz.
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100 year old PX
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