Palo Cortado Leonor by Gonzalez Byass
From the Pago Carrascal and Macharnudo vineyards, starting with the highest quality musts marked for fino, passing through a brief period of biological aging then fortified to 18° and aged oxidatively. The highlight being the quality young wines that develop into Leonor.
Dark amber, or a light burnt sienna.
This Palo Cortado has a certain finess, it speaks to you. Vanilla, nutmeg, walnut, hazlenut.. rounded off with lacquer, dubbin.
The verdict: Intense start, I love the complexity, smoothness, the sensation you get when a beautiful woman enters the room and everything stops, or slows. This happens in your mouth somehow. Chameleonic, but definitely the finest line between an Amontillado and Oloroso.
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