Barbadillo Manzanilla Dry Sherry Wine, 75 cl

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To me titles like ‘Manzanilla is the best-selling sherry’ are fine, simply because we have to find a balance between scientific precision and common sense.

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Sherry is often shown in tiny crystal glasses but you can drink it in any style of stemmed glassware. Though plenty sweet for a delicious digestif that can be enjoyed alone or paired with a caramel-based dessert, this Cream Sherry is on the light side and isn't as intense or a viscous as many others.Enjoy it chilled (in regular wineglasses to experience the full aroma) as an aperitif or as accompaniment to fish, seafood or tapas dishes.

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There are a number of different types of sherry, though they are often categorized as dry or sweet, or dry or cream. Manzanilla is ideal as an aperitif and accompaniment to all kinds of tapas, especially all kinds of sea flavours, such as seafood and fish. No matter how often you point to legal documents, wine will always be a matter of perception and interpretation. Not much sugar has been added to the Sherry, instead the sweetness comes mostly from the natural sweetness of the grapes. It’s amazingly complex and very dry, with intense layers of flavours of spices and dried fruits and a finish to savour that goes on forever; think of it as a very dry tawny port.

Dry sherry comes in a variety of forms from fino, the most dry, through manzanilla and amontillado, to the richer oloroso and the rarer palo cortado.

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Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. One of the most common and driest types of sherry, a Fino undergoes a unique ageing process where a layer of yeast forms on the surface on the wine inside the barrel.This is wine of mind-scrambling complexity – more powerful than most yet also delicate and lithe with a seemingly endless list of flavours: hazelnuts, citrus, bread and a deep, salty background. Richer, dry sherries, meanwhile, are perfect after-dinner sippers, and can also be great with charcuterie and game as well as hard cheeses. Sherry is an incredibly food-friendly wine, suitable as an aperitif with canapés or throughout a meal, whether it’s a festive one or not. When sailors roamed the oceans in the Golden Age of exploration, they always brought alcohol with them. It comes with a higher salt content than drinking sherry, which significantly increases its shelf life.

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Aged longer than most Manzanilla, Solear is made from 100% Palomino, from vines grown in the unique, chalk and lime rich 'albariza' soil of Barbadillo's 500 hectare Gibalbin and Santa Lucia vineyards in the Jerez Superior winemaking region in southern Spain. Cream sherries, which are some of the sweetest, are also viscous and are known for having a creamy mouthfeel, which is how they get their name.Aged for a minimum of 20 years and from one of the best producers, a complex, full-bodied, nutty and dried fruit richness prevails here, undercut with a citrus freshness and a firm dry finish. It is unique in its production style, as it is made from Palomino Fino grapes and fermented and aged under a layer of flor (a layer of yeast that grows on the surface of the wine) in barrels made of white oak.