Tinto y Blanco- Adventures in Spanish Wine

Gonzalez Byass Elegante Fino

By Dave Worthington ⋅ October 9, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

There doesn’t seem to be much good news in the paper these days. Words like economic meltdown, recession, jobs cuts and such seem to be on every page. It’s a good thing the only market I follow is the local farmer’s market, all these tales of woe could drive a man to drink. If you have done your wad in the market, at least you can find some reasonably priced sherry to dull the pain.

Argueso “Las Medallas de Argeso” Manzanilla

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Yesterday I wrote about the younger brother of this manzanilla, which was all about edgy acidity and freshness. This guy is a year older and is more about flor complexity, softness and the barrels. I like both, but we finished the bottle of the 4 year old on the day, this was left…

Herederos de Argueso Manzanilla

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

You may know these guys from their very popular San Leon Classica Manzanilla. Most of the Manzanilla that gets shipped out to Australia is about 8 years old. However, this is a very young manzailla, with 4 years in wood. This leaves it with a bright, fresh outlook and a touch of flor character. It’s manzilla with the training wheels on, but at the same time I love the freshness and vibrancy. Fresh bottles will be very important with this style, Bibendum are regularly shipping this stuff out so you’re in good hands.

Gonzalez Byass Alfonso Oloroso

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m getting to the end of the box of Gonzalez Byass sherries. It has been great to be able to look at almost the entire range at all quality levels, the good thing about these wines is that they are available just about everywhere in Australia. This oloroso is a straight palomino, there is no indication of age on the bottle or on the website however.

Gonzalez Byass ‘Nectar’ PX

By Dave Worthington ⋅ September 1, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Winter is the perfect time to get stuck into some desserts, and of course you’ll need something to drink with it. PX and chocolate pudding is a classic match, but it also goes excellently with a cheese plate. If I have any left over in summer, I put some in abanana smoothie. It’s not exactly health food, but it tastes great.

Gonzalez Byass Apostles Palo Cortado

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

I think this is the first Palo Cortado I have done a full post on, which is strange as I love the style. So what is Palo Cortado? Well it’s not a fino and it’s not an oloroso, it’s a wine that goes a bit wierd in inital stages of againg and doesn’t show the traits of either fino or oloroso. It’s a rare thing when it happens naturally, however there are now bodegas that make an artifical style. Don’t ask me how that works, I have no idea.

Gonzalez Byass ‘Del Duque’ Amontillado

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The heating at Casa Tinto y Blanco is not really up to scratch at the moment, so a glass or two of good sherry is in order to keep yourself warm in the Melbourne winter. I’m not sure if it’s the warming effects of the alcohol or the intoxicating effects, but after I couple I don’t seem to notice the cold anymore. So I’m very thankful to Broadway Liquor for sending in this, it’s an excellent example of old Amontillado.

Gonzalez Byass ‘Solera 1847′ Oloroso Dulce

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

Yes, its time for another cream sherry tasting note. This one kicks goals however…A buggar to take photos of though.

Gonzalez Byass ‘Elegante’ Sweet Cream

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 15, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Cream sherry is the quintessential ‘Nana’ sherry. It’s what many people reference of when they think of sherry, the big jugs of McWilliams Cream Sherry sitting at the bottom of cupboard that their grandmother used ‘just for cooking’. More often than not, if I give someone a glass of good sherry, more often than not I’ll get a comment about drinking it withnana in the kitchen while no-one was looking. Anyway, this is another blend of PX and palomino sherry, but it works a bit better than the last one.

Gonzales Byass ‘Elegante’ Medium Dry Amontillado

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Now, this is a blend of Amontillado and PX. I’m not too sure on why Gonzales Byass has a fascination with adding PX to perfectly good Palomino based sherry, but here is another example.

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