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Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla Saca Feb 2023 (375ml)

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Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla Saca Feb 2023 (375ml)
Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla Saca Feb 2023 (375ml)
Producer Equipo Navazos
Region, Country Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain
Bottle Size 375ml
Case Size 12
Product Code 22268-375

15% ABV.  From the stellar Equipo Navazos stable, this Manzanilla comes from a 60-strong cask selection made by Navazos founders Jesús Barquín and Eduardo Ojeda that was plucked from the production of La Guita, one of the most famous (and finest) Manzanilla producers (and where Ojeda oversees production in his role as the Technical Director of José Estévez). As always, this current bottling was drawn from its barrels 'en rama' (directly). This is how Manzanilla used to be bottled before sterile filtering became the standard in Jerez.

The current batch was bottled in February 2023 and it’s a wonderfully potent and briny, yet seductive wine with a deep, silky texture and plenty of sustained, tangy drive. Four and a half years under flor, and gentle bottling direct from cask, has also delivered a vibrant orange/gold colour and some nutty development. It’s a much deeper colour than almost all other Manzanillas on the market (which are typically very clear due to their youth and sterile filtration). That makes this unique in comparison to all other Manzanillas in its price range. It remains light years ahead of the more common and conventional Manzanillas most are familiar with. 



Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla Saca Feb 2023 (375ml)
Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla Saca Feb 2023 (375ml)

Reviews

“Pale straw-green; a mown grass, hedgerow, nutty bouquet. The palate is vibrant, fresh and crunchy, with a classic dry finish, lingering long, with no phenolics, and a fresh breeze aftertaste.”
95 points, James Halliday, the Weekend Australian Magazine
“This has incredible quality for the price. Every year they bottle the same number of bottles (around 2,600) at the same time of the year. This particular bottling felt unusually fresh for the time it had already been in bottle. It has more body and structure, and it might develop slower and longer.”
92 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
“I tasted three different bottlings of the Manzanilla I Think, the oldest of which is the NV Manzanilla I Think (February 2023), which is destined for Australia. None of these Manzanilla I Think wines have the age or concentration of the older bottlings or the Manzanilla Pasada one, but they are equally characterful, always from vines exclusively in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, fermented in stainless steel and fortified to 15.2% alcohol to start the biological aging under flor that lasts between four and five years. Each bottling is unique from a selection of botas that is different, selected from around 60 botas. This has a more developed nose, nuttier, complex and developed and with a gentle palate, finishing with a bitter and salty twist.”
92 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“Pale straw-green; a mown grass, hedgerow, nutty bouquet. The palate is vibrant, fresh and crunchy, with a classic dry finish, lingering long, with no phenolics, and a fresh breeze aftertaste.”
95 points, James Halliday, the Weekend Australian Magazine
“This has incredible quality for the price. Every year they bottle the same number of bottles (around 2,600) at the same time of the year. This particular bottling felt unusually fresh for the time it had already been in bottle. It has more body and structure, and it might develop slower and longer.”
92 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
“I tasted three different bottlings of the Manzanilla I Think, the oldest of which is the NV Manzanilla I Think (February 2023), which is destined for Australia. None of these Manzanilla I Think wines have the age or concentration of the older bottlings or the Manzanilla Pasada one, but they are equally characterful, always from vines exclusively in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, fermented in stainless steel and fortified to 15.2% alcohol to start the biological aging under flor that lasts between four and five years. Each bottling is unique from a selection of botas that is different, selected from around 60 botas. This has a more developed nose, nuttier, complex and developed and with a gentle palate, finishing with a bitter and salty twist.”
92 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

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