Equipo Navazos: The Magic Numbers: nº 31 & nº 32

"Equipo Navazos make mindblowing Sherries. I’m drinking one at the moment, and it’s a life-enhancing experience." Jamie Goode, www.wineanorak.com

"They are not cheap. But then nor is Grand Cru burgundy."
Jancis Robinson, “Sherry as Montrachet,” www.jancisrobinson.com
 
Great wine regions need great iconic producers. Producers that the rest of the world points to when they talk about the greatest wines being made at any given time. It was the first growths and the great producers of the Right Bank that have maintained Bordeaux’s fame for centuries. In Burgundy it was Domaine de la Romanee Conti which set the example for both the unwavering pursuit of the highest possible quality standards but also the commercial success that can be gained for striving for such quality. The explosion of high quality producers in Burgundy in the last 20 years, which ironically has diminished DRC’s dominance as the quality leader of the region, is the direct result of the example DRC and very few... read more