NV Solera 1842 Oloroso
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This is so madeira-like that I would probably have got it wrong if I was given it in a blind tasting. It's tangy and etched; molasses and Turkish coffee; anise and blackberries and balsam. It's sweet but so terse and tense that it finishes dry and slightly waspy (in the best kind of way). A stunningly beautiful, lapidary, osmium-shot wine. Find the best Peking duck you can and drink this wine with it. (TC)
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Contains 10% PX from another solera. Blended and then aged together. Dark tawny. About the same age as Don Gonzalo. It’s described as Medium Sweet on the label but actually you could happily drink this with ham or cheese – or as an aperitif on a cold winter’s day. Good balance. Very rich start and it finishes dry. (JR)
Produced in an unusual style for high end wines, the NV Solera 1942 VOS is a semi-sweet Oloroso with around 8% Pedro Ximénez, 60 grams of residual sugar and quite high acidity (6.8 grams) compared with others. It's a very old Oloroso with the PX added at around the halfway mark in its aging process (around 30 years on average) so the two will be well integrated with each other. This is close to a Cream Sherry, and has an unusual nose with aromas of tar, charred oranges, tobacco, menthol with some reductive touches that are fresh and sweet at the same time; quite unusual. The palate is quite sweet, but somehow balanced, intense, round, with good length. The price shown is for half bottle.
20 year old. José Estévez Rich, bright, but deep walnut colour. Smoky, sweet, dark caramel. Inviting intense aromas of dark aged marmalade but not so sweet. On the palate, sweet but intensely tangy and finishes dry and complex. Amazing concentration with apparent effortlessness. Incredible length. (JH)