Burnished copper/orange/khaki with an attractive luminescence. Gorgeously elegant bouquet harbouring an ethereal mix of peel, nutty rancio, a hint of white chocolate/burnt caramel and a mild whisky barrel top note. Luscious but holding a fine line in the mouth, neither heavy or sweet with a replica of flavours found in the bouquet including wonderful complex aged barrel characters. Like the Seppelt Fino I reviewed below, this is smooth as a bub’s bum, finishing relatively dry with amazing persistence well after swallowing. Top class “aged” sherry totally belying its 21.5% alcohol by volume. 92 points.

Glowing pale straw with a flick of pale green. Gently lifted, spirity nose harbouring walnuts, hay and old barrel notes. Smooth, crisp and fresh in the mouth with predominant nutty/rancio flaours. Finishes ohso long and pretty darn smooth without any alcoholic burn. All in all, a pretty impressive wine that, ideally, would be served as an aperitif, although could handle savoury hors d’ouvres or olives, hard cheeses and the like. 90 points.

15.5% A/V - sealed with a t-cork.

Having mentioned to a few people that the Wine Lover’s Discussion Group’s doing a “wine focus” on sherry for the month of June, I’ve been surprised by many who’ve dissed this wine style carte blanche. Whilst appreciative of the individual’s right to like/dislike any particular wine style, I feel sherry gets the rough end of the pineapple, so to speak, possibly due its perception of being something cheap and nasty that old people (read streotypically old women) drink and/or is perceived by many as a salute to the past rather than a worthy part of the modern wine drinker’s armoury.

I, for one, have not had a great deal of experience with sherry, but have thoroughly enjoyed trying it from time to time, especially when presented with food or just as an aperitif.

The Seppelt Fino and Morris Amontillado I’ve opened and posted tasting notes for this exercise have greatly impressed.

Sherry desrves far greater recognition from wine lover’s; the only problem is so few people are willing to give it a chance by actually trying it, so it seems.