Two bottles recently enjoyed: La Goya Manzanilla + 2012 Grande Escola Pegos Claros

La Goya, Manzanilla Pasada

Salvador Real: winemaker at Delgado Zuleta

Advert for La Goya in downtown Sanlucar

The Atlantic Ocean at Sanlucar that is said to give 

Manzanilla its special character  

Opening one of our bottles of La Goya Manzanilla Pasada was a great way of reliving memories of our excellent #winelover trip to the region of Jerez. La Goya is a lovely zippy Manzanilla with a salty tang – dangerously easy drinking!

With friends arriving from the UK for a few days' stay we opted to open our last bottle – 2012 Grande Escolha, Vinhas Velhas, DOC Palmela – that I was given at an excellent Pegos Claros dinner last July. Grande Escolha is made from 100% Castelo from 80-year-old vines and spends a year aging in French and American oak barrels. Herdade de Pegos Claros was established in the 1920. The Grande Escolha's attractive, complex and spicy fruit matched our rich dish of slow cooked duck. Unfortunately wine-searcher doesn't come up with a retailer selling this wine in Lisbon.      

 

#winelovers in Jerez: Day 2 – Barbadillo and Delgado Zuleta, Sanlucar de Barrameda

 Sanlucar de Barrameda and the sea's influence on Manzanilla  

Yesterday we had another great day very well organised by Valeska and Fernando of Paladar y Tomar. Two visits in Sanlucar de Barrameda to learn about Manzanilla and why it is different to the wines from Jerez. Our first visit was to Barbadillo, whose range I partly knew already especially Solear, and then later we went to Degado Zuleta, a completely new bodega to me but with some very impressive wines offering fantastic value. 

 

Barbadillo and its leading fino brand 

 

Montse Molina: 

 the first female winemaker in the Jerez region  

 

 

 

Ricardo, his plate trick and and matching fire extinguisher

Amando Guerra, director division alta enologia

Delgado Zuleta

Emma

 Salvador Real – Delgado Zuleta's winemaker