This Sherry is produced by a small winery located in the seaside town of El Puerto de Santa Maria. The winery was founded in the 1838 and for much of its existence sold its wines to some of the larger Sherry houses for blending. In 1997, Juan Carlos Gutierrez started estate-bottling his own wines and the results have been stunning.
Like all Finos, this one spends time aging in a series of old, neutral barrels called Solera. Here the wine rests under a blanket-like layer of yeast called flor; the flor protects the wine from oxidation which is why this wine is fresh as can be even after 4 years of aging. Furthermore, this Bodega enjoys a unique microclimate—it is the only one located along the Guadalete River—and this is integral in the slow, steady maturation of this electrifying white.
