Barbadillo Castillo de San Diego Blanco
WHY WE LOVE IT
- Castillo de San Diego Blanco is wine from the Land of Cádiz.
- The vineyards are Gibalbín and Santa Lucía vineyards in Jerez Superior and are located inland so that the grapes have a good maturation.
- Castillo de San Diego is a young dry white wine.
- If you’ve traveled through Spain you’ve surely come across this benchmark white from Barbadillo, because it is the best selling white wine in all of Spain.
- Aged 20 years.
Varietal Composition: 100% Palomino Fina
Elaboration: Double cordon pruning. Mechanized and Manual harvesting. Temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 59F for 10 days. Indigenous yeast
Tasting Notes: Pale yellow with green tints that indicates its young age. Tasty aroma of white fruit such as pear. Fresh with citrus notes. Smooth attack, tasty and elegant typical of the palomino grape.
PRESS
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Founded in 1821, Barbadillo is without question Sanlucar de Barrameda’s most iconic producer of Sherry. The thing we appreciate most about Barbadillo is that they’ve remained staunchly committed to tradition in the face of continued growth – Base wines are all still fermented in house through the company’s network of sixteen historic bodegas and the variety and depth of their soleras is breathtaking. With the Sherry category seeing more excitement than ever before in history, Barbadillo is delivering big time, with a panoply of single vineyard and heirloom releases. From their groundbreaking ‘Solear’ Manzanilla to their almost impossible to procure ‘Reliquia’ series and everything in between, tasting through the Barbadillo lineup is an inspirational and energizing experience.