The run-up to
Christmas is always a good time to launch new products, and so La Guita has launched its
first Manzanilla En Rama. It consists of a saca made in October, is a blend
from the Misericordia and Pago Sanlúcar Viejo bodegas and the wine is 4.5 years
old, being available in half bottles at €9.15. The label bears the image of the
old XVIII century doorway of the Hospital de la Misericordia, entrance to the Bodega
Misericordia. The grapes were mostly from the Pago Miraflores.
Lacum Listán Dulce has
also just been launched. Gabriel Ángel Raya Fernández, a well- known Sanlúcar winemaker, has
dedicated this first naturally sweet wine from Sanlúcar to his granddaughter
Montse. It is made from super-ripe Listán grapes, otherwise known as Palomino, and
fortified to 18ᴼ to retain the sweetness of the must. Available in a small
release of 800 numbered 50cl. bottles, the wine costs €12.
Meanwhile over in El
Puerto, Bodegas Cárdenas has launched its first bottled “Vino en Rama”. Vino rather than Fino because the
bodega is not a member of the DO and therefore can’t use the name, it is
nevertheless made from Palomino grapes and aged in a solera system. The bodega
has hitherto only sold wine in bulk to local bars. This new wine is available
locally at €6 per 75 cl. bottle.
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