Alvear Fino En Rama 2012

"En Rama" means that it is unblended and has not been stabilized and only lightly filtered to enhance its individuality. This is a unique product, the first ever made "single vintage" Fino in modern history.

The wine has a bright pale-straw golden color. Slightly pungent on the nose, with a somewhat tangy almond like aroma; sometimes a touch fruity.

Bone dry on the palate and quite savory, this wine presents an elegant style with typical Montilla grapey character.

The wine is a nice partner with tapas, shellfish, fish, cheese, snacks, hors d'oeuvre and salads. The ultimate partner for Mediterranean food

Due to the abundance of natural sugars that are accumulated during the ripening process, the wine will reach 15% alcohol naturally, without the necessity of adding any extra alcohol. This is the key to Alvear’s Fino and Amontillado, and the intensity of their Oloroso.

Critical Acclaim

91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Over 85% of the 2012 Fino en Rama comes from the 2012 harvest, a warm and low-yielding vintage that delivered healthy grapes. The wine matured under a veil of flor yeasts without being fortified until it was bottled. There are two bottlings of this wine, one in spring and this second one in October 2018, when 10,000 bottles were produced. The wines from Montilla are not usually fortified because Pedro Ximénez, the grape grown there, achieves higher ripeness than Palomino (the grape from Jerez) and the wines achieve 15% natural alcohol. I tasted this powerful and nuanced wine in a Burgundy glass, which I believe does it better than a small wine glass. It was pungent with aromas of wet chalk, esparto grass, hay and straw, and it had a crisp and dry palate. It felt quite young, as the single-harvest biological wines tend to develop at a faster pace.

90 James Suckling

Quite a generous and creamy fino (thanks to the bottling without filtration), this would make a very attractive aperitif or a partner to tapas. Drink now.

90 Wine Spectator

Brazil and pine nut aromas and flavors are carried by a waxy edge, ending with dried chamomile, lemon peel and salted butter notes. Drink now. 1,000 cases made, 300 cases imported.

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