Velo Flor is a Manzanilla that has been aged for 9-10 years, which is a lot longer than most. This brings about a wine with Manzanilla freshness combined to the richness and complexity of Amontillado, with a golden colour and intense aromas of cider apple, butterscotch, blanched almond and salted caramel. In the mouth, it has a rich, rounded smoothness, with the fragrance of golden apples being cellared over the winter, and a slightly gamey, charcuterie element. Long, silky and lovely, with much more complexity and concentration than normally found in this type of wine. Bodegas Alonso is the passion project of the Asencio family to rescue some of Sanlucar's greatest soleras: Fernando Mendez, Gaspar Florido and Pedro Romero.
Velo Flor Manzanilla
Bodegas Alonso
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£33.00
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Winemaking
Made from 100% Palomino, grown in several vineyards within the Jerez Superior region, this exceptional Manzanilla is aged for 9-10 years in 600 litre old American oak casks.
Press Review
18/20 - Palomino from the Pago de Maina vineyard. Aged for almost ten years in very old 600-litre oak casks. Deep gold colour. And wow, this is a beauty. It smells floral, headily so, of linden blossom and philadelphus. It smells so beautiful that it's hard to move the glass from nose to mouth. It's delicate but powerful, in the way that the sound of a single violin can fill an enormous concert hall and send goosebumps tingling down five thousand spines. Every molecule is wrought with bitterness, lamellar sweetness slipped membrane thin between hazelnut and thyme, pepper-salt and the deep copper tang of iodine. It's dry with a soft rasp of texture but the flavours orbit in an almost dreamy tension, filling the mouth with a sense of roundness and breath-holding richness. And then the finish explodes with a crack of lightning. How a wine this complex is only £30, I do not know. VGV (Very Good Value)
Press Review
92/100 - The NV Manzanilla Velo Flor, presented in a Clavelin look-alike bottle, is filled with a wine that has clearly spent a long time under flor and is quite expressive, aromatic and powerful. It has Manzanilla character. This is a purchased wine as they still don't produce their own wines, even though the idea is to do so and even to acquire vineyards in the future. It has a pungent nose and a very saline palate, very balanced and persistent. A very good Manzanilla of considerable age, without any oxidative character.
Customer Reviews
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A taste of heaven
One of the most intense and characterful Manzanillas, which allows it to stand up to food with fairly bold flavours. We drank it with chips from the local curry house (with a subtle hint of onion bhaji) served with a quick homemade aïoli sauce. The combination was heavenly! A more authentic combo might be Patatas Bravas, but chips (with or without fish) work every bit as well. Update May 2024 - goes equally well with seasoned, dry-roasted peanuts.
Product Specification
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ColourWhite
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CountrySpain
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RegionJerez
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StyleVery Dry
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKUK18461NV
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Alcohol %15%
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GrapePalomino
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Unit Volume75cl
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VeganYes
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VegetarianYes