Jay Miller
Jay Miller
Some Sherry
While a few people were frightened off by AOF threats (one pleaded a cold but we saw right through that) others were emboldened by a court order enforcing a minimum distance for anti-Sherry protestors granted since last year's dinner. So in the end 8 of decided to ignore the mob across the street bearing signs such as, "Get up off the Flor and drink real wine!", "Ban Biologic Aging!", "Sherry is Industrial Swill!", "Glycerol is Good!", "Montresor had the right idea!" and settled in to enjoy the following Sherries:
Lustau Almacenista Jose Luis Gonzalez Obragon Fino del Puerto 1/143
Pure mountain stream laced with almond power. Delightful and very long.
La Bota de Fino #35
Beautiful, softer, more charming and more complex than the Lustau. I liked the latter much more before tasting this. WOTN for some.
Solear Manzanilla en Rama Saca de Otono 2012
Pleasant but a bit simple. Dumped early.
La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada #30
A beautiful watercolor landscape of a Manzanilla.
This and the #35 could serve either as contemplative, meditative wines or simply something to delight in on a summer evening. They were both returned to several times over the course of the evening.
Vino de Alta Calidad De Las Bodegas Toro Albala Es Un Vino Viejisimo Solera de 1922 Montilla Moriles
A beautiful autumn evening with a wood fire burning as the sun set spreading colors through the sky. Complex and beautiful.
Valdespino Palo Cortado Calle Ponce VOS
Opened 2 nights earlier it's still really good. A sharp, ornate scimitar of a wine.
Vino Viejos de Hidalgo Palo Cortado Wellington 30 years
Kaleidoscopic, fireworks going off. I greatly prefer this to a bottle of the Viejo I had some years ago before the name change.
1982 Gonzalo Byass Palo Cortado
A titanic ocean wave crashing over you. Stunning and all encompassing. Notes of cream and almonds and god knows what else. Most people's WOTN.
La Bota de Cream #19
Honestly, a little dull.
La Bota de Cream #38
Better but still not exciting. I was greatly looking forward to these as I'd never had a La Bota Cream Sherry so I'm glad to have tasted them but I won't be buying.
La Bota de Dulce #33
An eldritch wine. Not a wine of pleasure but one of mystery. I can't say that I necessarily enjoyed drinking it but I kept going back to it as I found it fascinating with a true depth of complexity. Texture of motor oil. Josh described it as having a "tootsie roll character" which I could definitely see. There were also some nice orange rind notes that emerged with air. A wine I suggest any sherry aficionado would find fascinating to drink once but probably not more than once.
I find it inexplicable that anyone could dislike Sherry. I expect several of these to be among my wines of the year.
While a few people were frightened off by AOF threats (one pleaded a cold but we saw right through that) others were emboldened by a court order enforcing a minimum distance for anti-Sherry protestors granted since last year's dinner. So in the end 8 of decided to ignore the mob across the street bearing signs such as, "Get up off the Flor and drink real wine!", "Ban Biologic Aging!", "Sherry is Industrial Swill!", "Glycerol is Good!", "Montresor had the right idea!" and settled in to enjoy the following Sherries:
Lustau Almacenista Jose Luis Gonzalez Obragon Fino del Puerto 1/143
Pure mountain stream laced with almond power. Delightful and very long.
La Bota de Fino #35
Beautiful, softer, more charming and more complex than the Lustau. I liked the latter much more before tasting this. WOTN for some.
Solear Manzanilla en Rama Saca de Otono 2012
Pleasant but a bit simple. Dumped early.
La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada #30
A beautiful watercolor landscape of a Manzanilla.
This and the #35 could serve either as contemplative, meditative wines or simply something to delight in on a summer evening. They were both returned to several times over the course of the evening.
Vino de Alta Calidad De Las Bodegas Toro Albala Es Un Vino Viejisimo Solera de 1922 Montilla Moriles
A beautiful autumn evening with a wood fire burning as the sun set spreading colors through the sky. Complex and beautiful.
Valdespino Palo Cortado Calle Ponce VOS
Opened 2 nights earlier it's still really good. A sharp, ornate scimitar of a wine.
Vino Viejos de Hidalgo Palo Cortado Wellington 30 years
Kaleidoscopic, fireworks going off. I greatly prefer this to a bottle of the Viejo I had some years ago before the name change.
1982 Gonzalo Byass Palo Cortado
A titanic ocean wave crashing over you. Stunning and all encompassing. Notes of cream and almonds and god knows what else. Most people's WOTN.
La Bota de Cream #19
Honestly, a little dull.
La Bota de Cream #38
Better but still not exciting. I was greatly looking forward to these as I'd never had a La Bota Cream Sherry so I'm glad to have tasted them but I won't be buying.
La Bota de Dulce #33
An eldritch wine. Not a wine of pleasure but one of mystery. I can't say that I necessarily enjoyed drinking it but I kept going back to it as I found it fascinating with a true depth of complexity. Texture of motor oil. Josh described it as having a "tootsie roll character" which I could definitely see. There were also some nice orange rind notes that emerged with air. A wine I suggest any sherry aficionado would find fascinating to drink once but probably not more than once.
I find it inexplicable that anyone could dislike Sherry. I expect several of these to be among my wines of the year.