Fortified Wines

WINEMAKING The must destined for Alfonso comes from the second press of the pneumatic Willmes presses so as to obtain slightly more structure and body. Following fermentation to between 11% and 12% alcohol the wine is fo...(read more)

Aged eight years under a natural layer of 'flor' yeast, and given a further eight years of 'oxidative' ageing prior to being blended with a small amount of Pedro Ximenez before bottling. This superior Amontillado is inte...(read more)

Light, pale, fresh, crisp, a delightful summer aperitif, and like the Inocente, should be tried with fish, which it accompanies much better than many of the classic matches (Chablis, Sancerre etc...).

The best Fino on the market, single vineyard (Macharnudo district) and barrel-fermented, a bit fuller bodied than most. A perfect accompaniment to smoked fish (and almost any other fish dish) as well as being a delightfu...(read more)

Viticulture Outstanding for being a single-vineyard single vintage wine: it has been sourced from a selection of musts coming from grapes harvested in 2010 in the Pago Miraflores La Baja, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda,...(read more)

The best PX available. So rich, so sweet and yet so moreish. (Must be tried poured over ice cream with raisins soaked overnight in PX)

Very dry Amontillado, aged fifteen years with complexity and intense rich flavours on the dry finish. Among the Jerezanos this is the most popular of the Valdespino wines. Fabulous with 'jamon serrano'.

87% Palomino Fino, 13% Pedro Ximénez. The Palomino grapes are pressed using pneumatic Wilmes presses, and only the free-run and first-press musts are used for this wine. Following fermentation to between 11% and 1...(read more)

Wonderful rich dry Oloroso, with tremendous warm round raisiny flavour and length. Recently top of the tasting of dry sherries in Wine magazine, where it is described as 'generous, alluring and rich... a wonderful, elega...(read more)

'Less than a pound for every year we have been looking after it!' exclaimed Firmin Hidalgo while we tasted together and he discovered our price for this cracking sherry. Indeed although they legally have to state this is...(read more)

Described as an "Oloroso Dulce" on the label, it is only just sweet enough to soften the old, dry and concentrated flavour.

Fonseca's 1992 is a majestic young Port that rivals the house's great efforts (1985, 1977, 1970, 1963). This colossalVintagePortreveals a nearly opaque black/purple colour, and an explosive nose of jammy black fruits, li...(read more)