Valdespino "Inocente" Fino Sherry, Jerez, Spain NV 375 mL

FROM RARE WINE CO.: THE SHERRY: With its source the great Macharnudo vineyard, Valdespino’s Inocente is arguably Jerez’s most iconic Fino. The wine’s intensity defies description. While other Finos are fermented in tank, Inocente is—like the great Finos of the past—fermented in barrel with indigenous yeast. It then passes through its solera’s ten stages or criaderas (as opposed to the 2-3 criaderas employed for most other finos). The wine at bottling has an average age around 10 years— doubling or tripling the aging of most other Finos. THE PRODUCER: In a region devoted to tradition, there is no more traditional bodega than Sherry’s most historic house, Valdespino.Its earliest records date to the 14th century, but its origins are thought to date back to 1264, when the conquering knight Alonso Valdespino was rewarded with thirty hectares of land, including almost half of Jerez’s greatest vineyard terroir, Macharnudo. It is Macharnudo that makes Valdespino the envy of every other sherry