Equipo Navazos La Bota 51 Palo Cortado Viejísimo "Bota GF" 375ml

Saca of February 2014. DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

22% alc. Bodega: Gaspar Florido /Pedro Romero Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Nº 51 La Bota de Palo Cortado Viejísimo "Bota GF" is another spine tingling micro-batch release from the same source as the stunning La Bota No. 47 "Bota NO" and No. 48 "Bota Punta". These latter two wines, along with the La Bota de Amontillado 49 "Bota A. R." from the same old collection of soleras, count amongst the most remarkable Sherries bottled by Navazos. Now we have another to add to that list. Named after the wine's creator, the grower and Sherry master Gaspar Florido, "Bota GF" is bottled from a single cask within the epic GF-30 Palo Cortado solera. As Luis Gutiérrez points out below, the grapes were most likely sourced from Florido's Armijo lieu-dit within the Pago Miraflores, and would have been cask-fermented. The wine within this cask is thought to be around 75 years old. As Jesús notes below, wines of this quality, individuality and age are a dying breed in Sherry country. We can only thank the Equipo for allowing us to experience such bygone wonders before the well runs dry forever.

Country: Spain
Producer: Equipo Navazos
Region: Jerez