Bodegas Hidalgo releases the 2022 La Gitana En Rama, IWC Trophy Winner
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La Gitana En Rama is sherry at its very best – lightly filtered, un-fined, pure free run wine directly from the barrel. This wonderful sherry demonstrates the glorious concentration of all the aromas and flavours that Manzanilla has to offer.
Made exclusively from free-run juice, La Gitana En Rama has spent eight years in solera, using the best old American oak casks from the San Luis Winery under a layer or “flor” formed by the yeasts. Punchy and powerfully flavoured, the ‘En Rama’ dry sherry is aged and drawn directly from separate barrels and is released biannually in rhythm with the natural flor cycle. The result is intensely flavourful, complex and extremely food-friendly.
Only made from 100% Palomino grapes grown on the white albariza soils from the highest quality vineyards, En Rama is released in limited quantities as Hidalgo only select 35 of the best casks from the Bodegas. The ‘En Rama’ is best enjoyed sooner rather than later to preserve all of the natural freshness, delicacy and intensity.
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