This is one of the top wines around. It’s mere appearance can’t begin to tell the story. A wine with a big structure that is still rapier fine and beautifully balanced. A rare oloroso from Sanlúcar – from the guys at Callejuela, one of the new power houses. A dark brown in colour as you can see. The aromas … Continue reading Oloroso el Cerro
For me today’s Feria started and finished at the stand of Callejuela Vinos – but whereas I started with their newest, as yet unreleased project I had to finish with these old beauties. I utterly failed to take note of saca dates and any other kind of technical detail but the wines were as class … Continue reading Blanquito, La Casilla and El Cerro
I am over the moon to report that elmundovino.com have chosen el Cerro oloroso as one of their three Wines of the Year. I tried it for the first time in November and loved it. Since then I have had another bottle and have not changed my opinion. Hats off, too, to Elmundovino – there are higher … Continue reading Elmundovino’s wines of the year including … El Cerro
Cracking dinner last night with a great friend, followed by some pretty poor snooker and some excellent wine. As you can see, two pairs of related wines. First a formidable double from Saint Julien – a Leoville Poyferré 2000 and a Leoville Barton 2003. They were fantastic – incredibly fresh, full flavoured and elegant wines. … Continue reading La Casilla and El Cerro: Elegant and more elegant even
Love this – an oloroso by Callejuela that is deep and rich but light and alive. I do like the clear bottles and the way they let you see the colours of these wines. Having said that, in the bottle the wine is a rosy Horsechestnut brown although it seems a shade more yellow-brown in the … Continue reading El Cerro oloroso
There is just so much to like about Bodegas la Callejuela. It is hard to think of a more likeable couple of blokes than these big, friendly guys, and although at first glance they don’t look like the kind of hipsters you would imagine revolutionizing the scene in Jerez I can tell you noone is doing … Continue reading #4GWFEST2018 – Part 4 – the Callejuela single vineyard manzanillas
The guys at elmundovino unveiled their wines of the year this morning and I am glad to say I have all three (one of them only since this afternoon it must be said). But I am particularly glad to see that the Oloroso la Barajuela 2013 – my own wine of the year – has … Continue reading Three Kings: The elmundovino wines of the year 2017
I am discovering that Bilbao had a fair few attractions for a wine fan and one of them, if you love the wines of el marco, is Nerua. A temple to good taste, with a Michelin Star and a star chef, it also has a fantastic range of top sherries. In fact the list is, … Continue reading Nerua
Came across this little gem of an oloroso by Sanchez Ayala in Sanlucar for the second time a few days ago at a very very boozy barbecue with friends. I failed to take a picture so the above is from the last time (and a cracking pairing in La Chula), but I can promise you it … Continue reading Oloroso Galeon revisited
I first tried this a while ago but fleetingly and, although a palomino purchasing moratorium is currently in place, I couldn’t resist picking up a bottle this week in Reserva y Cata. Small production – just 2000 bottles, from a single vintage of a named vineyard (Cerro de Leyes) – which the web describes as … Continue reading Mirabras 2014
