NV La Bota de Amontillado Navazos No 117
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Selected from Perez-Barquero in Montilla, this has an average 20 years of age. Made from Pedro Ximénez grapes, it is natural strength. Light tawny/amber. A fuller style of Amontillado and highly approachable. Some sweet leather, dried apricot and sultana on the nose, with discreet oxidative touches. The palate is racier, yet still quite delicate. Touch of hops, bitter-orange peel, spent wood fire, sunflower seed. Medium-length finish. (DB)
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The NV La Bota de Amontillado Montilla 117 is a new Amontillado from Montilla-Moriles that was never bottled before. Selected from the cellars of Pérez-Barquero, the wine is between 25 to 30 years of average age, not fortified but bottled at 20% alcohol from pure concentration from evaporation, as the Fino that is the base for this wine was never fortified, which is the tradition in Montilla. It's a medium-age Amontillado with textbook characteristics and the evolution of the Fino Amontillado but with some 10 to 12 years more. It's nutty, pungent, intense and sapid, with a saline, iodine twist. This is a bottling from the summer 2022. 3,000 bottles produced