Bodegas San Francisco Javier (2021) Fino Sherry, Vina Corrales Pago Balbaina, Jerez DO

Item Number: 16121

UPC: None

Country: Spain
Region: Andalucia
Sub Region: Jerez
Appellation/AVA: Jerez DO
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Vina Corrales
Grape(s): 100% Palomino
Type: Wine - Sherry, Madeira & Port
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 15

Reviews

  • The Wine Advocate
    Rating: 96+ (10/29/2021)
    The NV Fino Viña Corrales Pago Balbaína was bottled in 2021, clearly shown on the label and on the cork. It has a round, lush and buttery texture, a full-bodied palate and very pungent flavors. What surprised me from this bottling is the freshness and elegance that makes the wine feel lighter and easier to drink. This feels one step above the first bottling I tasted last year. It has incredible aromatics that are super complex, with notes of diesel, potpourri, wet chalk, esparto grass and yeasts. This is simply superb and even difficult because it's sooooo easy to drink. In 2020, they did two bottlings, or sacas, in the spring and autumn, which is quite usual because the idea is to do only one bottling per year. In 2021, they bottled a little bit later, trying to soften the character of the "beticus" yeasts. They filled some 7,500 bottles in May 2021. This was bottled completely "en rama," unfiltered and unfined.
  • Decanter
    Rating: 97 (1/15/2023)

    An aged fino, showing its age but with youthful notes of camomile and apple blossom as well as marzipan, almond skin and saline aromas. Complex, long and quite monthwatering. In old fino style, drink slowly while keeping focus on the long, expressive finish.