Equipo Navazos Manzanilla Pasada No. 80 Bota Punta 500 ml

About This Wine

Equipo Navazos' Manzanilla Pasada is utterly singular and simply brilliant. For us, the Manzanilla Pasada represents Equipo Navazos at their best. The "Bota Punta" #80 represents a special single barrel selection from an extraordinary solera.

Jesús Barquin, sherry scholar and one of La Bota's founders, was in the store a few years ago and said this about the solera that it originates from: "This is very special. I don't know of anything else like it in sherry country." What's amazing is that the solera had never been commercialized until La Bota unearthed it. For decades, the "Capataz" (the bodega foreman) kept it going by drawing small amounts of wine and refreshing it to keep the flor (yeasts) alive. He couldn't let Manzanilla of such incredible quality go.

Manzanilla Pasadas exist in a liminal stage between energetic Manzanillas and deeper and darker Amontillados. What results is a thrilling saline cut with a mesmerizing depth of complexity. Just to put some numbers to all of this, whereas most Manzanillas are between three to four years old, these boast an average age of 15 years or more.

Out of this solera the "Bota Punta" (the barrel at the end row) is even more special. It has a unique, more intense character than the rest of the barrels in the solera. Then, it's treated differently. When it comes to refreshing this barrel, wine is taken from the solera instead of the younger wine from the 1st criadera, which is the normal procedure. This builds an insane amount of concentration and complexity while simultaneously emphasizing the aristocratic finesse. You can expect the #80 to be insanely complicated, elegant and with a riveting chalky core.