NV La Bota 118 Palo Cortado “Pata de Gallina”
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The NV La Bota de Fino Chiclana 135 is a new bottling of Fino sourced from Chiclana, from the winery of Manuel Aragón, a serious and austere Fino, with textbook notes of esparto grass and wet chalk, still easy to drink, despite being seven to eight years of age. This is still a baby, bottled in September 2025. This is serious and powerful, closer to the wines from Jerez on the nose and with a lighter palate and more salinity, narrower than the stony concentration of the wines from Macharnudo, for example, leaving a salty, marine sensation. It's long and tasty, with a saline finish. It should grow in bottle. 3,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2025
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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Bottled from a solera they own at Fernando de Castilla, the NV La Bota de Palo Cortado 118 Pata de Gallina is perhaps a little older than the previous bottling, the 92 (and previously the 72 and 34). This is very expressive and clean, with more finesse and character, mixing salty and nutty sensations. The alcohol is very integrated (it's around 21%) and unnoticeable. It was bottled into 0.5-liter bottles, some 3,500 of them, in the summer of 2022.