Manzanilla En Rama La Gitana

This is a new bottling of their NV La Gitana Manzanilla en Rama marked as Saca de Primavera 2017 on its back label (the spring 2017 bottling). With an average of six years under flor, it has a deep golden color and an intense nose followed by a sharp palate, chiseled by the effect of the yeasts. It's a selection of the 35 800-liter oak barrels that compose the La Guita solera. They do two bottlings per year, one in spring and another one in autumn. In spring the wines tend to be more aromatic, open and showy. It has the chalky minerality from the albariza soils. 12,000 bottles produced. - Luis Gutiérrez.

Color: amarillo. Aroma: levaduras de flor, punzante, frutos secos, fruta madura. Boca: especiado, sabroso, seco, graso.  

A favourite: single-vineyard Finca Pastrana, 10 or more years old; lively, likeable, fresh pasada. Roasted nuts, bitter-orange marmalade, an elegant saline finish.