Descripción

Este Amontillado del Castillo pertecene a la colección Almacenista de Lustau, una gama dedicada a rendir homenaje a algunos de los mejor bodegueros independientes del Marco de Jerez. En este caso nos encontramos con una creación de Antonio Caballero y Sobrinos en El Puerto de Santa María compuesta por 38 botas. El resultado es un vino con una nariz repleta de sugerentes aromas como avellana o piel de naranja. Este amontillado es perfecto para acompañar con platos intensos y especiados.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Lustau
Tipo
Amontillado
Grado
21.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Palomino fino
Origen
Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

Cata

Vista
Color ámbar brillante con reflejos cobrizos.
Nariz
Aromas de avellana, piel de naranja y madera noble.
Boca
Seco, afilado e intenso, cuenta con una acidez que aporta frescura.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir entre 12 y 14 ºC.
Maridaje
Ideal para acompañar con consomés, foie-gras, carnes frías o ahumadas, tablas de quesos, pescados azules y marisco.

Opinión de los críticos

Decanter:

This has an amazing tertiary, woody bouquet, which makes you sit up and take notice. It's rich, malty, meaty and nutty with an amazing depth, iodine intensity, smooth texture and a well-judged snip of sweetness. Elegant and long. Just beautiful with ticks in every box!

James Suckling:

Some fresh-treacle and spun-sugar aromas with orange rind and a sweet, toasty and woody edge. This is quite fresh and elegant, delivering some fleshy width and depth and a dry, smooth and long, nutty finish. Drink now.

The Wine Advocate:

Pioneers with their "almacenista" range, which gives credit on the label to the people that aged some of the wines they bottle, Lustau's NV Amontillado del Castillo Almacenista Antonio Caballero y Sobrinos is one in a large list of these unique bottlings. It has a very distinct and acute note of toffee and caramel that is a little unusual (they talk about hazelnut praline in their documentation), and made me think of a Palo Cortado. The fat that it has a higher alcoholic degree also speaks to concentration and age, even if the wine comes from a solera of 38 casks averaging 18 years of age that mature in El Puerto de Santa María. A different Amontillado with a strong personality.