Appellation: Jerez Cuvée: Fino Arroyuelo Colour: White Grapes: Palomino About: Primitivo’s Amontillado is from a solera that dates back 70 or 80 years and has an average age of 15 years. It has an incredible intensity which it wears with a relaxed energy. Vines Location: Matalián vineyard just 500m inland from the cellar in Chiclana Size: … Continue reading Primitivo Collantes Amontillado Fossi
Appellation: Jerez Cuvée: Fino Arroyuelo Colour: White Grapes: Palomino About: Primitivo’s first and main sherry wine. Most Fino is aged around 2 years, while this sees 5 years ageing under flor and you need 5 years to develop such complexity of aroma. As such it’s a steal. If you like sherry. It’s also zero sulfites. … Continue reading Primitivo Collantes Fino Arroyuelo
Who: Primitivo Collantes What: Vin de la Tierra de Cadiz and Sherry Where: Chiclana de la Frontera When: Since 19th century Primitivo Collantes is a small, family-owned, family-run producer in the sherry region of Andalucia. The business is run today by fourth generation Primitivo (all the males are named Primitivo) who’s taking things in a … Continue reading Primitivo Collantes
