Alvear Fino NV

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Montilla-Moriles, SpainPerhaps the least understood and appreciated of international wine styles, this fino can inspire your wine journey from the moment it hits your palate. Its pale, barely straw colour precedes a fresh, yeasty, saline nose with a background of crushed almonds. The attack is bone dry, with more salty nutty notes interspersed with citrus and earthy flor. Clean, complex, and inviting, this is a drink for grown-ups. Technically, it has had a biological birth (under a blanket of flor) for more than four years in American oak casks by means of a solera system. This fino is not fortified because it reaches 15ºC alcohol through fermentation using Pedro Ximenez must. The Spanish love to serve this style of wine well chilled with olives, shellfish, ham, cheeses, or sushi.Tasted: 14 May 2024Tasted by: Prices:

BC	$23.49	750ml	BCL Stores, Legacy, Cascadia Group, Angry Otter, Everything Wine
AB	$21.00	750ml	select private retailers

Producer: Bodegas AlvearDistributors: Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc.
Grape: Pedro XiménezCSPC: 112771UPC: 766238111375

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Alvear Fino NV

Montilla-Moriles, SpainClean, tight and bone dry, with a slick of earthy nuttiness and a slight woody wave on the subtle, shorter palate. Olive, bitter lemon, almonds, green fig and ample salt finishes snappy. This is a great, affordable fino that requires a brisk chill and bowl of lemon dressed olives.Tasted: 13 February 2018Tasted by: Prices:

BC	$23.49	750ml	BCL Stores, Legacy, Cascadia Group, Angry Otter, Everything Wine
AB	$21.00	750ml	select private retailers

Producer: Bodegas AlvearDistributors: Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc.
Grape: Pedro XiménezCSPC: 112771UPC: 766238111375

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Alvear Fino NV

Montilla-Moriles, SpainAt 2.5 grams per litre of sugar this Solera system fino from the D.O. Montilla-Moriles is bone dry. Made under a blanket of flor for more than four years in American oak casks this fino is not fortified reaching 15º alcohol thanks to the Pedro Ximénez must. The colour is pale with a yeasty, tangy nutty, toasty, rancio nose with citrus aromas. The attack is dry, fresh and elegant with more nutty, rancio, apple skin flavours. Perfect as a chilled aperitif you can serve with olives, charcuterie or sushi.Tasted: 05 April 2015Tasted by: Prices:

BC	$23.49	750ml	BCL Stores, Legacy, Cascadia Group, Angry Otter, Everything Wine
AB	$21.00	750ml	select private retailers

Producer: Bodegas AlvearDistributors: Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc.
Grape: Pedro XiménezCSPC: 112771UPC: 766238111375

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Alvear Fino NV

Montilla-Moriles, SpainFresh nutty, toasty, rancio, grassy, yeasty citrus aromas that in Montilla always seem a touch warmer and richer. Dry, fresh, round, elegant palate with the nutty, rancio, slate, apple skin flavours that you expect. Very dry, nutty finish to go with those tapas.Tasted: 27 March 2013Tasted by: Prices:

BC	$23.49	750ml	BCL Stores, Legacy, Cascadia Group, Angry Otter, Everything Wine
AB	$21.00	750ml	select private retailers

Producer: Bodegas AlvearDistributors: Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc.
Grape: Pedro XiménezCSPC: 112771UPC: 766238111375

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Alvear Fino NV

Montilla-Moriles, SpainThe warm Montilla district contributes to the stronger richer flavours of this fino. The nose is a complex mix of spices with a citrus but and pear flavour combination. Intense warm spicy bitter notes mark the finish. The ultimate drink to stimulate the appetite.Tasted: 08 November 2012Tasted by: Prices:

BC	$23.49	750ml	BCL Stores, Legacy, Cascadia Group, Angry Otter, Everything Wine
AB	$21.00	750ml	select private retailers

Producer: Bodegas AlvearDistributors: Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc.
Grape: Pedro XiménezCSPC: 112771UPC: 766238111375

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