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The source solera has come to be identified as \"Solera Pedro Ximénez NO\" and has never been bottled before. It's as unique as it is delicious. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298539274478,"sku":"10773-375","price":37.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/b34ea360-8afd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_10773-375.png?v=1658786053"},{"product_id":"bodegas-exopto-rioja-bozeto-de-exopto-rose-2017","title":"Bodegas Exopto Rioja Bozeto de Exopto Rosado 2017","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile the screwcap has no doubt played a part, this Rosé surprised the heck out of us given just how fresh and complex it's looking. Puyaubert's Bozeto Rosé is crafted from 50% Garnacha and 50% Tempranillo, sourced from two mature plots on the highland, mineral hillsides of Ábalos (El Silo) and San Vicente de la Sonsierra (Los Pozos) in the Rioja Alta. Made with the direct press method using wild yeasts, three quarters of the wine was raised in tank, on lees, while the rest was matured in used 600-litre demi-muids, bringing texture, complexity and a nip of structural gravitas to the blend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Exopto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298539634926,"sku":"15651-750","price":14.41,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/21a4e304-87fd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_15651-750.png?v=1764134782"},{"product_id":"equipo-navazos-la-bota-96-amontillado-jerez","title":"Equipo Navazos La Bota 96 Amontillado Jerez (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eDuring refurbishments to the historic Calle Misericordia in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (home to the La Guita solera), a number of special vessels stood out due to their size and origins. One such vessel was a magnificent tonel gordo (120 arrobas, i.e. a 2,000-litre cask) situated in a corner of the room, separated from the main rows of casks that were standing by the wall. Navazos had this single large cask filled with a selection of the best Amontillados of the house (the same genealogy as the previous releases: No. 37 and No. 58, etc.), refreshed with a moderate proportion of the extraordinary Manzanilla Pasada from Misericordia. The resulting wine was aged a few more years until the contents of the tonel had fully integrated and were thus initially bottled for the release of No. 69 (in late 2016) and, for this new saca some four years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eA natural Amontillado of an average age of around 17- to 18-years-old, it’s a wonderfully layered and textural wine, yet has the drive and intense salinity that makes it a killer match with anything salty. It’s a brilliant aperitif, and will also work beautifully with a wide range of food thanks to its intense salty minerality. Try oysters, salted fish, tapas, white meat dishes and also spicy Asian food. Rates off the chart on the official BDS Scale (Bibendum Deliciousness Scale). A magnum is barely enough!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\" sugg=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Equipo Navazos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298540191982,"sku":"18046-1500","price":188.37,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/5e704d2e-5935-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_18046-1500.png?v=1663297444"},{"product_id":"algueira-mencia-joven-2019","title":"Algueira Ribeira Sacra Mencia 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAlgueira's entry-level Mencía is drawn from the Estate's younger Mencía vines, which cling to Ribeira Sacra's precipitous slate and shist slopes that rise from to the river Sil. Where Algueira’s premium releases are whole bunch fermented and aged in oak, this the grapes for this early release are destemmed and raised in stainless steel. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, with 15 to 20 days of maceration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe idea is to craft and immediately enjoyable introduction to Algueira’s Ribeira Sacra Mencia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algueira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298541502702,"sku":"19349-750","price":25.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/5b0aecc3-84fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19349-750.png?v=1658786822"},{"product_id":"bodegas-exopto-rioja-bozeto-de-exopto-2020","title":"Bodegas Exopto Rioja Bozeto de Exopto 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBozeto means ‘sketch’ or ‘outline’ and as the name implies, this is Tom Puyaubert’s entry-level wine. It’s been designed as a delicious, easy-drinking introduction to the range, and takes in a pan-regional expression of Rioja's three principle grape varieties. While the majority of entry-level wines from this region today are based on Tempranillo (a variety both easier and more profitable to grow), here Garnacha represents 40% of the blend. This Garnacha hails from the sandy, river stone terroir of El Agudo—a 60-year-old plot at Alfaro on Monte Yerga (in Rioja Oriental). 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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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. 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Due to the cooler, Atlantic-influenced climate of northern Rioja, Graciano sometimes has to fight to ripen fully, and so this wine is only released in exceptional vintages. 2019 was one of those years, when the long growing season afforded slow and even ripening conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis 2019 is just the second release, yet it’s already well up to the quality of this estate’s other releases. Naturally fermented in concrete vats and aged for 24 months in low-impact Russian oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eA cracking showcase for the dark-fruited personality, freshness and structure that define the variety. A top-drawer, serious Rioja and made to age, with sweet tobacco, balsamic and plummy intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298542649582,"sku":"20097-750","price":67.81,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/cf94a7e1-32fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20097-750.jpg?v=1764135186"},{"product_id":"pas-de-deux-coreografia-2019","title":"Pas de Deux Coreografia 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile the vineyards of Terroir Sense Fronteres lie in Figuera and Capçanes (in Montsant’s south), Peceric’s label sees her explore the region’s cooler, higher vineyards of Cornudella de Montsant, the DO’s northernmost village. Here she works with a close friend who farms what Peceric terms a “beautiful biodynamic garden” at a nosebleed altitude of 700 meters above sea level. The site's mature, 50-plus-year-old vines are rooted in light red clay with gypsum veins, which, alongside Peceric’s retro\/modern winemaking, draw out a higher-toned, more floral and edgy expression of Montsant’s two principal red varieties, Grenache and Carignan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe winemaking mirrors that of Peceric's work with Terroir Sense Fronteres. Infusion over extraction reigns supreme: there is no destemming, no oak and any maceration is extremely gentle and powered by foot. For the 2019 release, the Grenache was co-fermented in amphorae with a little Grenache Gris from the same vineyard, and the Carignan in stainless steel (both with indigenous yeasts). 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This parcel produces exceptional, ripe fruit with high acidity that is perfectly bred for long aging. Fermented wild, the wine initially ages in a 50-hectolitre concrete tank for five years, then rests for 40 months in low-toast Caucasian oak (the same barrels Valenciso uses for the Rioja Blanco). It was released in 2022, 10 years after the harvest, hence the name 10 Años Después (‘10 Years After’).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eInterestingly, the extended aging in concrete results in no loss of colour and has only seemed to intensify the wine’s fruit purity and aromatic expression. Again, tasted in Spain this year, it looks so fresh and vibrant with radiant raspberry sweetness, pine-scented fruit, and a deep core of iodine-like complexity underpinned by silk-spun tannins and a classy, gliding finish. Sheer brilliance that—like all the wines from this exemplary estate—should not be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298547728622,"sku":"20526-750","price":71.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/23221af5-9afd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20526-750.png?v=1764136698"},{"product_id":"valenciso-rioja-blanco-2020","title":"Valenciso Rioja Blanco 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis fleshy, classy white is crafted from 100-plus-year-old vines of Viura (70%) and Garnacha Blanca (30%). It is sourced from four ancient and low-yielding highland vineyards around Rodezno, Haro and Villalba. After a wild ferment, the wine was aged on lees in Russian, steam-bent, untoasted oak barrels (a fine-grained Caucasian wood that allows for excellent balance between fruit and oak) for nine months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298547794158,"sku":"20527-750","price":35.55,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/706370c3-32fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20527-750.png?v=1764136691"},{"product_id":"valenciso-tempranillo-blanco-2020","title":"Valenciso Tempranillo Blanco 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eTempranillo Blanco is a white mutation of the dark-skinned Tempranillo. The grape traces its origins back to 1988 when it was discovered in Rioja, in the region of Murillo de Río Leza. Since 2007 it has been recognized by the Rioja Consejo Regulador (Rioja Regulatory Council) and included as a permitted variety in the Rioja DOCa classification. Tempranillo Blanco shares 97.8% of its DNA with its red parent variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eNot long after its establishment, Valenciso noticed several their Tempranillo vines were bearing white grapes with distinctive red stripes on the skin. These vines were then propagated and replanted. Previously, the tiny harvest from these was blended into the Rioja Reserva. In 2020, with the vines approaching 20 years of age, the estate decided to bottle and release this limited edition white. Only three barrels were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAnd we are glad they did. The winemaking mirrors that of the Valenciso Blanco (wild ferment, aged on lees in Russian, steam-bent, untoasted oak barrels for nine months), but that is where the comparison ends. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valenciso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298547859694,"sku":"20528-750","price":41.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/bb83ae33-31fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20528-750.png?v=1764136684"},{"product_id":"equipo-navazos-la-bota-48-palo-cortado-bota-punta","title":"Equipo Navazos La Bota 48 Palo Cortado Bota Punta (375ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is not only a stunning Palo Cortado but also the Bota Punta, meaning that it comes from a single barrel, topped up with wine from other butts in the solera rather than from the criaderas. It’s, therefore, utterly unique and rarer than rare. Today these butts (the ‘Bota NO’ and the Bota Punta of Gaspar Floridos GF-30 solera used for the No.’s 47 and 48) are stored at the Sacristía of Pedro Romero, very close to their original location. Here, Navazos had the opportunity to revisit them and sample them exhaustively to select their favourites for these elite editions of “La Bota”: it is again a truly extraordinary wine for its unlikely balance between sheer authenticity, concentration, and finesse; genuinely amazing, with so much character and personality. 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Selecting vinegar soleras from the likes of Sandeman, González Byass, Lacave Ruiz Tagle and Osborne, Lobato put Jerez Vinegar on the international map, and his work was instrumental in getting this unique product its own Denominación de Origen. For some years Navazos toyed with the idea of bottling one of the few very old vinegar casks that Lobato’s house Páez Morilla continues to cellar as treasures. They had doubts, however; that despite the age, intensity and sheer quality of the liquid, there would be enough interest in a product like this. In June 2021 they bottled 1,200 half bottles from a single old oak cask for La Bota 106 Vinagre de Jerez Gran Reserva Bota NO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade using the traditional Criaderas y Solera method, this incomparable Vinagre de Jerez Gran Reserva was made with wine that was already almost 15 years old, an age to which Barquín estimates another forty years must be added. Its acetic grade is above 11, which is outrageous, and it maintains almost 3.5% alcohol.\u003cbr\u003eVinegars like this are often used to give character to younger vinegars, however, this one has been bottled as is, without any dilution: an essence of true Sherry vinegar. It is, in Barquín’s words, “a spectacular vinegar, ideal for perfuming dishes with just a few drops”. Normally, a minimal amount will suffice (even with a dropper) as a dressing and it is even advisable to not add it directly, rather prepare a vinaigrette by mixing it with oil, salt and whatever else is appropriate. When age, provenance, and quality, not to mention how long it will last once opened, are considered the price is more than reasonable. 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Purchased in 1998, the ranch (which also produces olive oil, cheese and chickpeas) is sited on the Guareña River, at altitude, lying just outside the boundaries of the Toro region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eEach year there is the Estate wine that is released with age. It’s crafted from 100% ungrafted, ‘old-clone’ Tempranillo and has been aged for 24 months in barrel, then another decade or so in bottle, slowly maturing in the Estate’s labyrinthine, 18th century cellars. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Fernandez-Rivera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298610282734,"sku":"11615-750","price":24.41,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/9d914d6a-88fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_11615-750.png?v=1658786043"},{"product_id":"equipo-navazos-la-bota-51-palo-cortado-viejisimo-bota-gf","title":"Equipo Navazos La Bota 51 Palo Cortado Viejísimo Bota GF","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eNº 51 La Bota de Palo Cortado Viejísimo \"Bota GF\" is another spine tingling micro-batch release from the same source as the stunning La Bota No. 47 \"Bota NO\" and No. 48 \"Bota Punta\". These latter two wines, along with the La Bota de Amontillado 49 \"Bota A. R.\" from the same old collection of soleras, count amongst the most remarkable Sherries bottled by Navazos.  Now we have another to add to that list. Named after the wine's creator, the grower and Sherry master Gaspar Florido, \"Bota GF\" is bottled from a single cask within the epic GF-30 Palo Cortado solera. As Luis Gutiérrez points out below, the grapes were most likely sourced from Florido's Armijo lieu-dit within the Pago Miraflores, and would have been cask-fermented. The wine within this cask is thought to be around 75 years old. As Jesús notes below, wines of this quality, individuality and age are a dying breed in Sherry country. 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The juice saw around twelve hours of skin contact before natural fermentation in a variety of oak vessels, pronominally 600 litre (3rd or 4th use) and 2000 litre vats. No malo. There's a core of fleshy, tangy orchard fruit, complemented by subtly floral, resinous and smoky complexity. 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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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