One of two in the series, the other being matured in Oloroso sherry wood. This bottling is limited to 6,000 bottles from full term maturation in sherry wood. Manzanilla is a bone dry style of fino sherry from the Atlantic port of Sanlucar de Barrameda and Manzanilla means ‘little apple’. The nose is fruity (raisins & apricots) and sherried with a background of butter and vanilla toffee. The taste is strong at first and sherried with huge sweetness & banana with a back ground that is slightly meaty & oaky. Hints of cold tea, pine resin & very dry. Oddly the sherry aspect is not the dominate characteristic. The finish is very long and quickly shows malt and a mildly waxy woodiness and then very dry with hints of Lapsang Souchong tea. A nice dram indeed.

Very interesting.

C$89

Score 83 points

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