Very limited edition from Ximenez Spinola – only 3000 bottles. 100% Pedro Ximenez grapes are used here, and Ximenez Spinola is the only producer that does so. The drying process takes several days until the grapes have their ideal sugar content. A sweet wine is pressed from them, which becomes sherry. It is on the sweet side, but also with a certain dryness and with many subtle nuances, a slight bitterness and fruity notes.<\/p>\n
What is quite exceptional about Spinola Brandy Criaderas is the use of chestnut casks during aging. Until the Spanish Civil War in 1939, there was a tradition of using chestnut casks in Spain, but when a large part of the forest areas were felled during the war, the coopers subsequently increasingly switched to using American oak, and eventually completely stopped using chestnut tree. The casks at Bodegas Spinola are all at least 70 years old and therefore release only an extremely limited amount of tannin, which helps to give the brandy a rounder and softer taste.<\/p>\n
About Bodegas Xim\u00e9nez-Sp\u00ednola
\nIt was Phelipe Zarzana Sp\u00ednola who in 1729 founded Zarzana-Sp\u00ednola, which today is known as Xim\u00e9nez-Sp\u00ednola, with the aim of exclusively cultivating Pedro Xim\u00e9nez. To this day, only the Pedro-Xim\u00e9nez grape is produced at Xim\u00e9nez-Sp\u00ednola, and the wine is aged in 500-liter oak barrels, also known as Jerez export barrels. However, Xim\u00e9nez-Sp\u00ednola also implements new measures, e.g. they are the only ones in their district to try a Late Harvest in addition to the traditional sherry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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