One thing lead to another. These wines are a long time in the bodega and then survive a laughably short time once within arms reach. They are two sensational wines each in their own way. The Panesa is magnificent in its breadth, volume and solidity, lovely in the mouth and during a long finish, a … Continue reading El Tresillo and la Panesa
More from my mixed case of Emilio Hidalgo wines aka bodega party pack. The Hidalgo Fino is a serious little Jerez-style fino in its own right but when I have one open more often than not it gets to share some glass time side by side with its big brother, and that is not a … Continue reading La Panesa
A brand new bottle of this marvellous wine, the pinnacle of bottle ageing. A full 15 years under the flor (on average, a lot longer in the case of some of its contents) and after six weeks or so in the bottle as fresh as a daisy. The archetypal fino with a nose full of … Continue reading La Panesa – January 2020
The bar of Media Ración is a special place: top class food, wine, service, comfort and condiments – it really has everything. Including fish and chips. Not on the menu, admittedly, but if you simply take the soldaditos de pavia (deep fried cod “soldiers”) and request some chips, Robert is your father’s brother as they … Continue reading Fish and chips Media Ración style … feat. La Panesa
A lot of stuff on this blog hasn’t aged well – when I started writing it only just over three years ago I was a little bit of a wide eyed novice. Everything was awesome, it was fun to be part of the team and I may not always have been the most discerning. But … Continue reading La Panesa
An interesting couple of days for evolved finos alright. The Panesa is, for me, the special fino, and this is an example from what the bodega considers was a special saca. It is a fascinating wine any day of the week and this one, with its fifteen years in the bota and seven years in … Continue reading La Panesa – 1a saca de 2010
I literally never get tired of this wine – it is just spectacular. Sometimes I can get into a state of chasing my tail, always after the newest thing or something that hasn’t been on the blog, and as a result I occasionally bite my own arse, when what I could be doing is having … Continue reading La Panesa
It has been too long since I had a sup of this (I make it three months) so here I am at the bar of La Chula gathering rosebuds between meetings. Not easy to add much to the long string of tasting notes but still worth enjoying the moment. This 0ne has a little bit of … Continue reading La Panesa
Been a while since I had a bottle of this open but it has been on my mind this week. This is probably my favourite bottle of sherry – a wine suitable for any occasion and the one I would take to a desert island. It comes from a solera where the flor survives – … Continue reading Fino Especial La Panesa
I have had a moratorium due to overflowing wine storage but after some good discipline it came to an end today. One of the first wines in was this – a favourite and a great wine by any standards. I have written about this so many times already (in March, again in June, in July, in September, and most recently … Continue reading Fino La Panesa
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