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Amontillado 12 year

VARIETALS
Palomino

NOTES
FARMING: Sustainable

SOIL: Albariza or chalk

VINEYARD: Jerez de la Frontera. Vine age 10-60 years old.

VINIFICATION: The initial stage of the ageing is produced under flor yeast. During the first 6 years the wine will remain in criaderas where it will acquire pungent notes and a marked dry palate.  After this, the wine is fortified up to 17% of alcohol in order to weaken the flor yeast and encourage the second stage of the ageing; the oxidative process, which will last for almost a decade. During this time the wine will loose its pale colour and will darken slowly. It will concentrate and acquire the characteristic touch of oxidation.