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Romate Maribel A Selection of Amontillado Medium Dry 19%

Romate Maribel A Selection of Amontillado Medium Dry

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Superb amontillado sherry offering hazelnutty flavour lightly scented with flor from the fine film of yeast that covers and protects the wine from oxidation during its maturation in barrel.

£11.50 Bottle

£138.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: SH441

Wine characteristics

Sherry
3 - Dry, rich
75cl
Within two years of purchase
19% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
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Sánchez Romate SA

Bodegas Sánchez Romate can be found in the historic heart of Jerez de la Frontera, and is one of the few bodegas still entirely owned by Jerez families. As well as being the home of sherry (the word ‘sherry’ is an anglicisation of Jerez), the city is home to many late gothic churches and convents, and is also the birthplace of flamenco, and some horse shows.

With its pretty streets lined with fragrant orange and lilac trees, it is no wonder that families have been flocking here for centuries to produce its most famous wines. Romate’s founder, Don Juan Sánchez de la Torré, did just that in 1781, meaning it is now one of Spain’s oldest wineries still in operation.

Their family-owned status means they retain both their independence (they still produce, age, bottle, and despatch all of their own produce) and can continue making wines according to their artisanal traditions. Their popularity went way beyond Jerez, however: they have also been the official purveyor to the House of Lords, the Vatican, and the Spanish Royal Family.

Sánchez Romate own vineyards in some of the best locations in the sherry triangle, benefiting from western Andalusia’s glorious sunshine and cooling sea breezes. The white albariza (limestone) soil is perfect for sherry grapes (palomino and pedro ximénez) because they absorb and retain the winter and spring rainfall and supply it to the vine in the scorching summer.

Their winery of course uses the Solera ‘steps and ladder’ system, a method unique to...

Bodegas Sánchez Romate can be found in the historic heart of Jerez de la Frontera, and is one of the few bodegas still entirely owned by Jerez families. As well as being the home of sherry (the word ‘sherry’ is an anglicisation of Jerez), the city is home to many late gothic churches and convents, and is also the birthplace of flamenco, and some horse shows.

With its pretty streets lined with fragrant orange and lilac trees, it is no wonder that families have been flocking here for centuries to produce its most famous wines. Romate’s founder, Don Juan Sánchez de la Torré, did just that in 1781, meaning it is now one of Spain’s oldest wineries still in operation.

Their family-owned status means they retain both their independence (they still produce, age, bottle, and despatch all of their own produce) and can continue making wines according to their artisanal traditions. Their popularity went way beyond Jerez, however: they have also been the official purveyor to the House of Lords, the Vatican, and the Spanish Royal Family.

Sánchez Romate own vineyards in some of the best locations in the sherry triangle, benefiting from western Andalusia’s glorious sunshine and cooling sea breezes. The white albariza (limestone) soil is perfect for sherry grapes (palomino and pedro ximénez) because they absorb and retain the winter and spring rainfall and supply it to the vine in the scorching summer.

Their winery of course uses the Solera ‘steps and ladder’ system, a method unique to Jerez, and Sánchez Romate has it down to a fine art. They make all types of sherry – fino, amontillado, oloroso, palo cortado, cream and pedro ximénez – and age each wine in traditional American oak for varying numbers of years depending on its type.

The flor that forms in the casks is vital to the sherry’s taste, flavour-intensity and texture (flor attacks glycerol, which can leave sherry fat and uninteresting). The type of flor yeast present in each barrel varies greatly, as different types form depending on the temperature variation throughout the bodega and the strength of the air currents. We’ve worked with Sánchez Romate to select the best casks for our Society Fino and Fino Perdido.

One of our best-selling sherries is their Fino Perdido (or ‘lost fino’), an exclusive to The Society. The name is a result of a change in Spanish classification laws: the term ‘fino-amontillado’ to indicate a sherry halfway between the two styles was declassified in recent years. The Fino Perdido – a sherry made in this style – was somewhat abandoned until our sherry buyer, Toby Morrhall, discovered it when visiting the winery. It’s broad, rich, powerful style and delicious orange peel and nutty character has proven hugely popular with our members.

Sánchez Romate remains a benchmark of Jerez wines: with over 200 years of balancing tradition with a cosmopolitan lifestyle, they have always aimed simply to please their consumers, and to satisfy an essential need – the art of living.

Pale orange-tawny. Dry and layered and rich and what only Jerez can deliver. Quite ridiculously inexpensive for a wine with such structure and nutty delivery. Long and pungent. Very very good value.

Pale orange-tawny. Dry and layered and rich and what only Jerez can deliver. Quite ridiculously inexpensive for a wine with such structure and nutty delivery. Long and pungent. Very very good value. JancisRobinson.com

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Jancis Robinson MW

Monday 4th Nov 2024

Oz Clarke's 250 Best Wines for 2012

The quality of their Sherries alone would be an excellent reason to join the Wine Society. They regularly ship tiny amounts of thrilling old Sherries virtually drawn by hand from the barrels by their...

The quality of their Sherries alone would be an excellent reason to join the Wine Society. They regularly ship tiny amounts of thrilling old Sherries virtually drawn by hand from the barrels by their buying team. Last Christmas I tasted two simply stunning 40-year-old Sherries they had discovered – they only bottled 240 half bottles: such wine had never been sold before, it will never be sold again, but they'll find something else just as good. This brilliant Amontillado is their regular stuff. It's as classic an example as you'll find anywhere – and it's less than £8 a bottle. A gorgeous 'childhood memories' smell of buttered brazil caramels, the scent of old leather, dried-out figs and prunes, the ground dust of hazelnut shells and a strange, brilliant, bitter-edged syrupiness that has had all the sweetness sucked out of it by a Dyson Airblade.

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Sunday 1st Jan 2012

Manchester Evening News

Just one example ofthe magnificent sherry selection at The Wine Society. This is huge on the noseand palate with a dizzying array of nut and dried fruit flavours – just thething at Christmas.

- Andy Cronshaw

Saturday 13th Dec 2014

The Daily Mail

Right, put everythingdown and listen in – this is a ridiculously serious wine with so much class andbreeding it is impossible to explain in only two sentences! All you needto know is that this ...

Right, put everythingdown and listen in – this is a ridiculously serious wine with so much class andbreeding it is impossible to explain in only two sentences! All you needto know is that this is a hedonistic, intense, mouth-coating, off-dry, nutty,figgy explosion. It is insane value, too.

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- Matthew Jukes

Saturday 25th Jul 2015

independent.co.uk

... made to be darkerthan fino, but still naturally dry, although some can have slightly sweet notesand all have complex flavours of nuts, caramel and toffee. At the off-dry end,try [this] as a cooler...

... made to be darkerthan fino, but still naturally dry, although some can have slightly sweet notesand all have complex flavours of nuts, caramel and toffee. At the off-dry end,try [this] as a cooler weather aperitif …

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Terry Kirby

Saturday 6th Oct 2018

JancisRobinson.com

Umami, mushroom, dried fruits, treacle and burntsugar – such extraordinary complexity! Utterly bonkers price. Finishes with amealy, musky, feral length. Low acidity, high alcohol, off-dry –...

Umami, mushroom, dried fruits, treacle and burntsugar – such extraordinary complexity! Utterly bonkers price. Finishes with amealy, musky, feral length. Low acidity, high alcohol, off-dry – absolutely theopposite of fashionability, and I love it for that!

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- Richard Hemming

Tuesday 21st May 2019

Manchester Evening News

It's wines such asthis that makes joining the Wine Society very good idea. From one of the oldestproducers in Jerez, this sherry is perfect for the festive season with a littlesugar that gives the...

It's wines such asthis that makes joining the Wine Society very good idea. From one of the oldestproducers in Jerez, this sherry is perfect for the festive season with a littlesugar that gives the palate a rich and rounded feel and accentuates thehazelnut and caramel notes. The finish is still super dry with keen acidity.Awesome with a selection of nuts and cheeses.

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- Andy Cronshaw

Friday 6th Nov 2020

midweekwines.co.uk

Light with hints of sweetness, [this] includes nutty, apple flavours accompanied by suspicions of anise, butterscotch and ginger counterbalanced by attractive lemon acidity. -

Brian Elliott

Thursday 15th Jul 2021