Perth Area Wine Tasters
Previous Tasting
11th April 2006
Ben Booth from Luvians Bottleshop presented a tasting of the the following Lustau Sherries.
Lustau Puerto Fino
Description
A truly great wine matured in the town of Puerto de Santa Maria, considered
by many experts to be the home of the finest classic fino. The flagship
of the House of Lustau; a dry elegant Sherry, light and smooth with just
a hint of the sea and attractive fruit. Very fresh, with a slight taste
of tangy yeast. The pronounced flor bouquet is due to Puerto Fino's double
maturation under fresh flor.
When To Drink it
As an apéritif or as a wine with food. Delicious with shellfish
and other seafood.
How To Serve it
Serve chilled
Bottle Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl
Strength
15.5% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino
Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa
Description
A bone dry Manzanilla from the town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, light
and fresh, very tangy, clean and crisp with just a hint of saltiness.
When To Drink it
Drink as an apéritif.
How To Serve it
Serve chilled
Bottle Sizes
75cl
Strength
15.5% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino
Lustau Oloroso Emperatriz Eugenia
Description
Despite its strength, its concentration and its immense flavours of smoky
wood, prunes and bitter chocolate, this fine rare wine is smooth and warming
leaving a clean, lightly acid lingering aftertaste.
When To Drink it
As an apéritif.
How To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature
Bottle Sizes
75cl
Strength
20% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino
Lustau Almacenista Amontillado de Jerez 1/30 Florido
Description
An outstanding example of Jerez's classic Amontillado wines. A jewel bright
dark gold colour, with penetrating and nutty aromas. On the palate the
wine is elegant, powerful; rich and dry, yet light, with a warming, lingering
finish.
When To Drink it
As an apéritif; or to accompany consomme, rich soups, cold meats,
or even rich flavoured fish and seafood dishes.
How To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature
The Almacenista
Don Miguel Fontádez Florido, a chemist by trade, from a wine making
family, takes pride in his unique "sacristía", located
behind his pharmacy in Jerez, where he has an amazing collection of antiques,
pottery, paintings and fascinating bric-a-brac. It is a maze of small
rooms, in the deepest recesses of which is a tiny bodega containing just
a few casks of some exquisite, very old wines.
Bottle Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl
Strength
18.5% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino
Lustau Almacenista Palo Cortado Vides 1/50
Description
A light amber gold colour, this Palo Cortado is dry and has an immensely
rich flavour, with nuances of vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate.
When To Drink it
As an aperitif with nuts
How To Serve it
Served at cool room temperature
The Almacenista
Vides S.A. was founded in 1958 by Don Tomas Domecq Rivero, and the bodegas
are located a few hundred yards from Lustau's main cellars in the old
Santiago quarter of the city. Today, his grandson, Don Fernando Leon Manjon
owns the bodega.
Bottle Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl
Strength
19% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino
Lustau Old East India
Description
In centuries gone by, casks of sherry were lashed to ships sailing for
the Indies as ballast, and were found to develop an extraordinary smoothness
and complexity. Lustau has revived this style of sherry in the East India
wine. Unforgettable flavours of raisins, candied peel and nuts. Robert
Parker's comment: "Nutty, sweet, crème brûlée
smell".
When To Drink it
Perfect companion to light desserts and cakes, but can also be served
with cheeses, or simply as a sweet digestif.
How To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature
Bottle Sizes
Silk-screened Lustau bottle, 75cl, 37.5cl
Strength
20% by volume
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino , sweetened with Pedro Ximenez
Luvians Bottleshop
93 Bonnygate, Cupar & 66 Market Street, St Andrews
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