Tasting Notes

WSM96

Tradición has built a strong reputation as caretaker of some of the region’s most unusual old wines. This Palo Cortado, for example, comes from wines an average of 32 years old, in an oxidative process that seems to have removed everything superfluous, leaving only the essentials. It smells and tastes of sea breezes and albariza soil as white as chalk. Intense and slightly spicy, it attacks the palate with its vibrant acidity, the firm texture filled out with notes of nuts and green olives. Open the bottle to drink it over the course of a month, or maybe a year. Keep it in a cool, dark place and see what wonders oxygen will bring.

WS93

A stylish palo cortado, with orange blossom, dried nectarine, green tea, ginger and date notes threaded with a subtle iodine edge through the finish. Rather high-toned, but this dances along beautifully.

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