Colección Roberto Amillo Amontillado 50 cl

This is an exceptional NV Amontillado sourced from a very old solera from La Gitana in Sanlúcar. It is from only two botas, a 600-liter and a 1,000-liter tonel that have been mostly untouched for almost 40 years. The nose had some reductive notes, akin to phosphorous, struck matchstick, low tide and rusty iron. This is possibly a combination of the soils where the vines grow and the time in bottle, so it might welcome decanting or time in the glass. It feels a little hard in the nose. The palate is very saline and vertical, tremendously sapid, a wine that was sharpened by time under flor and which might seem a little extreme to some. Austere, mineral, enigmatic. 1,000 half-liter bottles were filled in 2011. - Luis Gutiérrez.

A very focused, rich and slightly creamy amontillado that has a very intense build of rich, smooth wood and cocoa-powder flavors with toasty rancio to close. Very rich. Very good. Drink now.