Glowing amber and gold (not very different from the glass of Darjeeling First Flush tea I have on my desk right now!) – surprisingly light in colour for such an old wine. Every time I lift the glass to my nose, it changes. One moment, the aroma of an old ...
Intense, with a terrific beam of blueberry, a?a? and blackberry puree flavors coursing along, flanked by graphite and baker's chocolate notes and scored by streaks of licorice snap on the finish. A subtle violet accent weaves in the background, giving thi...
Only 16 half bottles were filled this year. This is bottle #16/16.
In a 200-year-old company with sixteen bodegas, sometimes surprising things get found. In this case, Barbadillo discovered old tonic wines of indeterminate age and recipe, and called on winemaker Montserrat Molina to develop a new vermouth recipe to approximate the flavor profiles of what they had found. The result, Atamán, is a potently delicious sipping vermouth built on Manzanilla sherry with quassia, bitter orange, wormwood, elderberry and rosemary dominating the botanical roster.