Complex, spicy and delicate accompanied by underlying nuttiness and green apples. This wine is elegant, light and fresh underscored by a salty tanginess, influenced by the close proximity of the cellars in Sanlúcar de Barrameda to the sea. A swirl of minerality and a touch of citrus bitterness gives this wine a fresh finish. Pair with olives, salted almonds and jambon.
Sunshine means tapas and “what grows together goes together” so pair your padron peppers, salted almonds and slices of jamon with this chilled Spanish sherry. Dry and nutty with a salty, fresh complexity – it is the perfect accompaniment. Libby Zietsman-Brodie, cityam.com, 13th July 2022
I also love Bodegas Hidalgo La Gitana En Rama which can be found at Tanners. Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2022
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Hidalgo-La Gitana
Bodegas Hidalgo - La Gitana was founded in 1792 by José Panaléon Hidalgo, who originally came from the north of Spain. He bought a small winery in Sanlúcar from Don Roque Vejarano, and today Bodegas Hidalgo - La Gitana is still owned by the Hidalgo family which makes it one of last few bodegas totally under family ownership.
It is currently owned and run by the eighth generation Luis, Antonio, Juan and Fermin Hidalgo, and is the ninth oldest company in Spain and the third oldest sherry bodega.
For top quality Manzanilla sherries both terroir in the vineyard and ‘terroir’ in the winery are key. Bodegas Hidalgo is in Barrio Bajo, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, just a few hundred metres from the sea, the Guadalquiver River marshes and the Guadalquiver River. This perfect location enjoys higher humidity than in Jerez, giving the best conditions for flor growth and results in the finest dry sherries.
Hidalgo is very unusual in owning all their own vineyards, and has large parcels in the top quality Miraflores and Balbaína pagos (a pago is a vineyard cluster or district defined by similar characteristics or ‘fingerprints’). Here the marine sedimentary Albariza soils are very chalky comprising 50-80% limestone.
Hidalgo has made great successes of single vineyard releases although their best known wine is the top quality Manzanilla 'La Gitana' (The Gypsy) which comes from the Miraflores pago. In recent years they have released Manzanilla La Gitana ‘En Rama’ which has developed quite a following. It comes from the same vineyard as La Gitana, but is made exclusively from free-run juice. Hidalgo specially selects 35 casks of wine for their En Rama which spends two years longer in solera than La Gitana. It is bottled unfiltered, and ‘En Rama’ can be translated as ‘from the vine’ or ‘straight from the cask’. They also produce a number of other sherries including the raisiny sweet Triana Pedro Ximénez (PX) and very old Wellington Palo Cortado Sherry, 20 years VOS.
Sunshine means tapas and “what grows together goes together” so pair your padron peppers, salted almonds and slices of jamon with this chilled Spanish sherry. Dry and nutty with a salty, fresh complexity – it is the perfect accompaniment. Libby Zietsman-Brodie, cityam.com, 13th July 2022
I also love Bodegas Hidalgo La Gitana En Rama which can be found at Tanners. Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2022
Usually delivered the next working day (on orders placed before 1pm on a working day).
Please note, whilst the majority of parcels sent on this service are received next day, this is not guaranteed.
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Delivery to other areas - additional charges
For deliveries to the Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the main Scottish Islands deliveries are charged at a fixed price of £15 for the first case (up to 12 x 75cl) and £10 for each subsequent case. Rates are calculated automatically at the checkout.
You should allow up to an additional 5 working days over standard delivery for delivery to these areas.
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Returns
If you don't like any wine that you buy from us, for whatever reason, return it within a month of purchase and we shall refund your money without question or delay. Please telephone on 01743 234455 or contact us
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