NV El Maestro Sierra Oloroso 1/14
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The winery somehow specializes in Oloroso, so there are a number of bottlings of that type. The NV Oloroso 1/14 is a VORS with an average age of 50 years. It's a textbook old Oloroso, very expressive, aromatic and open with a nice mixture of nuts, varnish and noble woods. It comes from a selection from 14 American oak barrels where the wine aged in an oxidative way. It has outstanding persistence and length.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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116 bottles filled in 2015. This is the first criadera for the Oloroso 1/7 Anticuario. Walnut-skin colour and walnut aroma. Bitter-toffee aroma, intense but subdued. Really concentrated. This is the wine the bodega is famous for. Super-intense but with amazing finesse. So dry but so fresh. Nutty and that intense bitter orange on the finish again. Like long-aged, bitter and very dark marmalade. Spice not heat on the finish and full of energy. This is the perfect point of concentration and intensity. When I ask how old the wine is, commercial director Ana Cabestrero cannot tell me but she says it is very very old! (JH)