Palo Cortado Solera (Cayetano del Pino)
Cayetano del Pino was one of the biggest wine companies in Jerez at the end of the 19th century, with sherry wines, spirits and wine imports from Bordeaux, France. In the 20th century, Cayetano del...
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Cayetano del Pino
Don Cayetano del Pino y Vázquez was born in 1858 in La Carlota near Córdoba but moved to Sevilla at the age of 11. In his early twenties he worked as a representative for winemaker Pericón. In 1886 he...
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Embassy Palo Cortado Medium (Barbadillo)
Embassy is a brand of Antonio Barbadillo. If you Google the name, you’ll also find other labels that mention the Embassy Wines and Food Company, a legal entity that is still operational in Spain and...
View ArticleZEREJ II – Palo Cortado (Barbadillo)
While more refined in character than the Oloroso, this ZEREJ II Palo Cortado is considerably older. It starts as a Manzanilla but is then diverted towards oxidative ageing. In the end a Palo Cortado is...
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Palo Cortado VORS (Lustau)
Bodegas Lustau are offering a whole range of V.O.R.S. sherries, one of them being this Palo Cortado. The solera is fed from a selection of the best casks of the Don Rafael solera, which was once...
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Marqués de Poley Palo Cortado En Rama (Toro Albalá)
This Palo Cortado in the Marqués de Poley series from Bodegas Toro Albalá is made from Pedro Ximénez grapes (like all sherry-style wines in Montilla-Moriles, even the dry ones). It starts its life as a...
View ArticlePalo Cortado Micaela (Barón)
The black label in the Micaela series is a Palo Cortado Like most modern Palo Cortado wines, this is made from the finest Palomino musts, initially fortified to 15% ABV for the development of flor but...
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Ancient sherry typology: Palma, Palma Cortada, Raya…
It may surprise you that the classification of sherry wines we know today, with styles like Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso… is a fairly recent development of the 20th century. Winemaking in the sherry...
View ArticlePalo Cortado (Lorente & Barba)
After their initial Fino and Oloroso, the tiny Bodegas Lorente y Barba released a Pedro Ximénez, an Amontillado and this Palo Cortado. All of these wines come in very limited editions, some were even...
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Palo Cortado S. Roberto: 100/100 (Robert Parker)
Barbadillo was one of the first (and only) sherry wineries to get 100 points from Robert Parker. Back in 2013 their Reliquia Palo Cortado got the maximum score. Now, nine years later the winery...
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