Valdespino "Cardenal" VORS Palo Cortado - NV

Name: Valdespino "Cardenal" VORS Palo Cortado
Brand: Valdespino
SKU: 29601
Price: 184.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 29601 750 mL

Valdespino's Palo Cortado Cardenal begins with wines from Macharnudo Alto, Jerez's highest-altitude vineyard, and one of its best.The wines are selected from unique barrels of Fino Inocente and Amontillado Tio Diego. This is a defiant, challenging Sherry, displaying Oloroso weight with the focus of an Amontillado. Impressive with its elegance and complexity, this is a rare find and a highly-collectible treat for the demanding Sherry connoisseur.

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$1109.76 $998.78/ Case of 6

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Color

White

Vintage

Country

Spain

Region

Jerez

Sub-Region

Jerez de la Frontera

Producer

Valdespino

Grape Variety

Palomino

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About the Producer

Jerez, Spain The origins of this historic bodega date back to 1264 when Don Alfonso Valdespino was one of 24 Knights responsible for expelling the Moors from Jerez. As a reward for his efforts the king gave him land grants in the city of Jerez and thus began Bodegas Valdespino. The heart of Valdespino is its vineyards. They are the only sherry house to make single vineyard wines. The vineyard,...

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Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Jerez

Sherry actually gets its name from our anglo-inability to pronounce the word “Jerez,” the town at the southern end of Spain in which the wine is produced. Like Champagne, Sherry can only be called Sherry if it comes from this specific region. That said, there are other “Sherry-styled” wines worthy of note produced outside of the Sherry D.O. (known as vinos generosos). Montilla, lying to the north-east of Jerez, produces some of the finest Pedro Ximénez in the world.

Palomino

Accounting for over 90% of the vine plantings in Jerez, this relatively neutral grape provides the ideal “blank canvas” for the creation of fabulously complex Sherries (much like the Ugni Blanc grape does in Cognac).

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