This was an interesting experience – half way through my glass of La Panesa an unexpected pairing was thrust under my nose by the remarkable Ana Losada at the Chula de Chamberi. Probably the last pairing I would have thought of – seems to break all the rules – and one I am not sure … Continue reading La Panesa with … chocolate
The weekend starts here – and what a wine this is. The legendary Emilio Hidalgo fifteen year old fino. It is a gorgeous dark gold colour and has a big nose full of yeast and haystacks, (this wine can sometimes be quiet but this glass is very expressive). Fatty in the mouth and then … Continue reading La Panesa
A couple of weeks ago I was a little carried away with all this sherry blogging and, not content with having a bottle of Fino Tradicion open, I also cracked open a bottle of La Panesa. Two weeks later, it is pretty amazing. Fresh open I sometimes find La Panesa a little cold on the … Continue reading La Panesa revisited
The ultimate adult wine – so intense, dry, monumental. It may be my imagination but this one feels just slightly more oxidized than I expected – a touch more sweetness on the nosse and the palate. There is no doubt about the vegetable yeasty power and intensity of it, however, or the dark roasted, salty … Continue reading La Panesa
Fino does not come any more serious than La Panesa, the supreme example of what biological ageing can do. The wine has spent an average of 15 years under the flor and is just immense. (This is surely the technical limit – I am not aware if any other wine aged as long under flor.) … Continue reading La Panesa
The Fino from Emilio Hidalgo is not a wine you see around – not released widely by the bodega and only available in a handful of places, I was able to pick one up as part of a mixed case. Although obviously overshadowed by La Panesa (which wine wouldn’t be?) it is a cracking fino, pungent … Continue reading Fino, Emilio Hidalgo
Taberna Palo Cortado is an unreal place where unlikely, even impossible things are within reach. Took some colleagues there for dinner and, given free rein to show off the best of el Marco and beyond, it turned into one of those memorable dinners. We started with champagne – not pictured – and maybe it is … Continue reading Taberna Palo Cortado
Lunch today featured a really outstanding finale – this quite superb, fruitful, elegant and compact old wine. It is the oldest wine of probably the finest cellarmen around – Emilio Hidalgo. Makers of the killer Panesa fino and the finest amontillados, olorosos and palo cortados in Jerez, these guys have a touch of genius when … Continue reading Santa Ana Pedro Ximenez 1861
I don’t get out much lately so when I do have an excuse I try to take advantage. I don’t think there can but much debate that last Monday night was a bit of a success on that front. Some friends and colleagues were in town and anxious to learn about the wines of Jerez so we … Continue reading Monday night champions in Taberna Verdejo
Absolutely top class dinner last night in Taberna Verdejo featuring a lot of laughter some first class cooking and above all three absolutely classic wines from Emilio Hidalgo. First, with mussels and rubio (sea robin) in escabeche (and in fact even before the food arrived) we started with La Panesa, which is just a class … Continue reading The wines of Emilio Hidalgo in Taberna Verdejo
