Colour: Light brown with slight auburn hues.
Nose: Creamy, leather, waxy notes, bitter cocoa, toffee and cinnamon.
Mouth: The alcohol is perfectly integrated and the texture is very creamy. It’s quite round but still balanced with the bitterness of the cocoa. Nutmeg, leather, bitter cocoa, wood, some nice waxy notes and candied oranges wrapped in dark chocolate.
Finish: Mid-long. Spices, cinnamon, leather and dusty books and still some « orangettes » notes. Very nice!

This one was fairly cheap. Whiskybase released it for the « 140.000 bottles added on their website » benchmark and it’s honestly a very enjoyable sherry and one of the best value for money I found from recent releases.

Score: 89

Colour: Mahogany with some parse light gold hues.
Nose: This sherry is dryer. Varnished wood, dusty book, leather, plums, orange peels, bitter chocolate and some shy waxy notes on the background.
Mouth: The alcohol is perfectly integrated and the texture is very oily. Cooked apples with cinnamon and anise star, leather, dark chocolate, bitter cocoa and finally some pinewood at the end of the mouth adding some delicate but highly appreciated freshness!
Finish: Long. Woody dryness, still some cooked apples with cinnamon and anise star. A bit austere but quite complex and still very nice!

Well it’s obviously more complex than the last one but it’s also way older and cost way more. It’s a very good old school sherry with some nice complexity and I love that!

Score: 90