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The Tempranillo is drawn from a selection of mature vines in Ábalos (high county Rioja Alta), and there is also some Ábalos Graciano, adding freshness and finesse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePuyabert fermented this wine in a combination of concrete and steel tank, then aged it for six months in concrete and 5,000-litre oak vats. 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Sourced from the region’s rarest, most significant (and hitherto neglected) solera systems, Equipo Navazos swiftly became the cult producer for quality Sherry lovers, knowledgeable sommeliers and indie retailers worldwide. In spite of more competition these days (which Navazos welcome), Ojeda and Barquín continue to offer some of the most extraordinary and complex wines we ship from Europe. Yet, the Equipo Navazos story does not end with the exceptional and rare La Bota range. In consultation with his importers, Jesús Barquín set about curating a trio of less exclusive, unfiltered (en rama) sherries under the Equipo Navazos label. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis the new, September ‘21 bottling of the much-loved PX Gran Solera, the result of aging the pure, very sweet, fortified must of Pedro Ximénez raisins for an average of 20+ years, “... or maybe even 25 years, the solera system hardly allows us to be more precise,” says Jesús. Specifically, this wine was drawn from a solera of 22 casks located in one of the finest bodegas at Jerez de la Frontera. Here it has been aged in a typical Jerezano style (in casks filled up to 5\/6 of their capacity only). This method results in a less-fruity, earthier, more savoury and complex style of PX. The source solera has come to be identified as Solera Pedro Ximénez NO and until 2016 had never been bottled before (thank Jesús it was). \u003cbr\u003eThe aged complexity, balance and yumminess on offer here has to be tasted to be believed. This Jerezano method used here results in a less-fruity, earthier, more savoury and complex style of PX.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272950415588,"sku":"20072-375","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/bb170aec-8afd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20072-375.png?v=1660775386"},{"product_id":"valenciso-cemento-2018","title":"Valenciso Rioja Cemento 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eA distinctive feature of Valenciso’s approach in the cellar has been the widespread use of concrete tanks for fermentation. This practice allows for a gentler extraction of fruit and colour. Concrete vats were once a mainstay in Rioja but by the 1980s, the tradition of fermenting and aging in cement vessels had largely been replaced by stainless steel and oak maturation. Today, thanks to its numerous advantages and a group of specialist manufacturers, concrete is back at the forefront of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile all Valenciso’s wines see the inside of some concrete during maturation, this new bottling has—as the name suggests—been fermented and raised entirely in concrete vats. It’s 100% Tempranillo drawn from a group of old-vine sites nestled in the limestone-rich hillsides of Haro and Ollauri. All up, this was aged for 30 months before bottling, resulting in a wonderfully bright and complex wine with wild blackberry and red plum characters, laced with hints of black pepper in an elegant, rounded palate with fine, lingering tannins. Terrific.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272950776036,"sku":"20096-750","price":53.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/28fb365c-3611-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20096-750.png?v=1660775397"},{"product_id":"valenciso-rioja-reserva-2015","title":"Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2015","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eValenciso’s flagship Reserva is a selection of handpicked Tempranillo from the clay\/limestone soils around Haro. The grapes are drawn from 29 plots spread across the villages of Villalba, Rodezno, Briones, Haro and Ollauri. They all lie within a five-kilometre radius of the winery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePart of what has been proposed as the Western Sonsierra zone (by Alberto Gil and Antonio Remesal Villar in Rioja: Vinos Silenciosos), Ollauri’s vineyards are noted for their excellent calcáreo soils, altitudes of up to 600 meters and Atlantic-influenced climate. All the vines are managed organically and cropped well below the regional limits. The youngest vines that make the grade here are 60 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe Reserva fermented naturally in cement vats, and the wine then aged for 19 months in (mostly) low-toast Radoux French oak barriques. In recent vintages, 10% of the wine has also been raised in low-toast Caucasus oak, further lessening the wine’s already minimal wood influence. Following ageing in barrel, the wine was transferred back to concrete vats to settle for a further 24 months before release. Luis and Carmen find the wine clarifies so well in concrete that there is no need to fine or filter it before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFrom an Atlantic-styled vintage, 2015 is a more elegant and finessed release than the years on either side. Tasted at the estate this year, it’s a beautifully cool, spicy and elegant Rioja with plenty of strawberry sweetness spiked with resin, brown spices, blood and anise notes. It has a supple texture and a fresh, racy finish. Super classy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272953299172,"sku":"20525-750","price":71.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/009f42d8-31fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20525-750.png?v=1760946438"},{"product_id":"angel-rodriguez-rueda-verdejo-martinsancho-2021","title":"Angel Rodríguez Rueda Verdejo Martínsancho 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis benchmark Verdejo takes its name from a 17th-century vineyard, or majuelo, called El Pago de Martínsancho. In the 1970’s, massale cuttings from these venerable vines were used to expand the original plot, and it is from these 40-plus-year-old youngsters (all bush-grown and rooted in ancient alluvial gravels, some 30 metres deep) that this wine is now crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe grapes were slowly pressed into two huge glass-lined tanks where the juice fermented naturally before being transferred, via gravity, to the cellars for undisturbed aging in century-old 5,000-litre oak casks (or cubas). Importantly, the barrel cellar here is underground—unusual for Spain. It holds at close to 10ºC year-round, enabling the Rodríguez clan to avoid sulphur additions during winemaking, and to leave the wine to mature slowly, only on its fine lees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis wine is always juicy and textural, with a fresh racy mouthfeel and the kind of palate-awakening precision that belies its modest price tag. There's a lovely juicy texture leading to a sappy, stony close. Totally unique and 100% authentic, this is for us, benchmark Rueda—at a price almost too good to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angel Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272956018916,"sku":"20962-750","price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/8646caf7-3d0e-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20962-750.png?v=1660776463"},{"product_id":"navazos-la-bota-38-viejo-cream-bota-no","title":"Navazos La Bota 38 Viejo Cream, Bota NO","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eLa Bota de Viejo Cream 38 \"Bota NO\" is a new release of edition 19 in the series: a sweet oloroso that has aged as such in a 9-butt solera under the label “Viejo Cream”, never before commercially available except for a few exceptional sacas for British customers. This solera has in turn a bota NO as well as a double NO—of notably higher age and character, and which is where this wine has been sourced, again in limited volumes. This sweet oloroso results from a blending process with top-quality pedro ximénez that was performed early on, when the solera was founded, likely over a century ago. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43272975450340,"sku":"10405-375","price":243.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/590bee16-97a5-ee11-ac3e-0aa7bbf44e76_10405-375.png?v=1703801129"},{"product_id":"bernabeleva-vinos-de-madrid-cantocuerdas-moscatel-2012","title":"Bernabeleva Vinos de Madrid Cantocuerdas Moscatel 2012 (500ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eLike Albillo, Moscatel de Grano Menudo (a.k.a. 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A beautifully balanced and delicious wine that would work with a wide range of food from cheeses (like Comte and Ossau-Iraty) to grilled pork chops, glazed chicken or even Thai coconut curries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bernabeleva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273071165668,"sku":"12170-500","price":53.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/a331faa6-85fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_12170-500.png?v=1660774089"},{"product_id":"bernabeleva-vinos-de-madrid-vina-bonita-garnacha-2013","title":"Bernabeleva Vinos de Madrid Viña Bonita Garnacha 2013","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eViña Bonita is a plot of very old vines (planted 1925) at 735 meters altitude. The soil here is shallower than at Bernabeleva's other sites, with vine roots almost immediately hitting the compacted granite bedrock below the surface. It is south-facing and more exposed than Arroyo del Tórtolas resulting in a more full-blooded, dense wine, although still with that tell-tale Bernabeleva finesse. This was matured in used, 600-liter oak barrels, combined with some six months in stainless steel to settle down after blending and before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bernabeleva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273112879332,"sku":"12833-750","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/b253d272-86fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_12833-750.png?v=1660774106"},{"product_id":"toro-albala-electrico-fino-en-rama-bombilla-nv","title":"Toro Albala Eléctrico Fino En Rama Bombilla NV (750ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e15% ABV. Toro Albalá’s Fino En Rama hails from the chalky vineyards of the Moriles Alto district, considered the area’s finest quality zone. It’s a Fino that differs from its Jerez counterparts on two counts: firstly it is made from 100% Pedro Ximénez and secondly it is not fortified (as the grapes get naturally ripe enough). The average age of the bottled wine is around five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eA deliciously tangy, salty and oyster-shell noted wine that disappears as quickly as it is poured. A remarkable bargain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toro Albala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273113501924,"sku":"12841-750","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/56be9796-befc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_12841-750.png?v=1660773979"},{"product_id":"equipo-navazos-la-bota-56-pedro-ximenez-bota-no","title":"Equipo Navazos La Bota 56 Pedro Ximénez Bota NO (375ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaca of March 2015, 15% alc, Rey Fernando de Castilla, Jerez de la Frontera. This particularly rare, single-cask bottling was drawn from one of the solitary butts of Pedro Ximénez Viejísimo at Rey Fernando de Castilla, that the Equipo Navazos immediately fell in love with when they first tasted it. It is therefore a one-off offering and extremely limited. While its average age is hard to determine, Navazos' conservative estimate places it to be “well above forty years” (Gutiérrez's note below puts it considerably higher). This is a brilliant wine, both deep, powerful and luscious but at the same time savoury, complex and remarkable vibrant and fresh. From a barrel that was always marked “Bota NO” at the bodega—which means “do not touch this, as it's too special”, this is indeed something remarkable. For PX fans, this is manna from heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273123463396,"sku":"13116-375","price":282.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/44686d49-a126-ee11-ac3c-0aa7bbf44e76_13116-375.png?v=1689822135"},{"product_id":"mengoba-brezo-rosado-2015","title":"Mengoba Brezo Rosado 2015","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePérez's delicious, thirst-slaking rosado is drawn from mature vines of Mencía plus a little Godello (for added freshness and texture). The Mencía comes from the clay and limestone soils of the Valtuille and Villafranca vineyards, as well as from the pure slate of Espanillo (the highest vineyard in Bierzo). The Godello grows in the Carracedo vineyard. 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This new release has an estimated average age of between ten and eleven years, and comes specifically from a selection of casks from the first and the second criaderas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe nose shows very complex aromas of dried fruits and grilled nuts, partially as a result of the autolysis of dead “flor” yeasts resting on the bottom of the vessels; while the palate is both pulpy textured and has a super complex, spicy, chalky and racy close. 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Stunningly versatile on the dinner table, it matches a wide variety of food, including rich fish dishes, charcuterie, truffled eggs, etc. Best served around 11º C in quality stemware.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273199124708,"sku":"14543-1500","price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/a9b92fc2-a126-ee11-ac3c-0aa7bbf44e76_14543-1500.jpg?v=1689822131"},{"product_id":"toro-albala-don-px-vieja-cosecha-1973","title":"Toro Albalá Don PX Vieja Cosecha 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe museum releases of vintage-dated Pedro Ximénez wines represent the most profound and concentrated expressions of PX from the Toro Albalá stable. 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His Gorvia bottlings are unique and offer the kind of depth and minerality that gives the best of France a run for its money. Mateo releases both a red and a white from this vineyard, a 1.2-hectare site in near Monterrei Castle in the northwestern Pazo de Monterrei subzone. He took over the site about 27 years ago and has since replanted some varieties with massale cuttings from the ancient A Trabe mountain vineyard. Farmed using biodynamic principles, the site sits on a slope of slate\/schist soils (with a lot of iron in the mix) at an altitude of 400 metres above sea level. It’s a singular vineyard which begets one of Spain’s most distinctive whites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile the Tinto is a blend of several varieties, the Gorvia Blanco is produced entirely from Doña Blanca. 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And secondly, because it is both a single-vineyard and a single-vintage wine. As per La Bota 52, this is derived from a selection of musts coming from grapes harvested in a single vintage (2010) in the Pago Miraflores, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. This is the same vineyard that gives us the Florpower wines. The wines were fermented in tank and only saw a very brief period of ageing under flor before being fortified and sent to Sherry butts and barriques that were filled almost all the way up (a tocadedos) to avoid too much oxidation. For this first saca Navazos have selected the contents of six botas. The aging in barrel has only been for three and a half years (historically it was longer for Palo Cortado). There are different ways that Palos are produced these days but Equipo Navazos believe that the above methodology is the most 'authentic' way to produce a PC. Only 18% alcohol, which again is low for PC. 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This remarkable Montilla Fino is the heir to the fabled La Bota Nos. 24 and 45, and fans of those wines should not hesitate. This labelling is necessitated by the current, restrictive legislation but this is really a Fino that is moving towards being an Amontillado. Underneath, in small text, the subtitle “Un fino que va para Amontillado” translates as exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe wine is sourced from the oldest Fino solera at Pérez Barquero’s Bodega Los Amigos. Luis Gutiérrez’ note below tells you what to expect: a superb, unique, unbelievably intense wine. 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