Amontillado El Neto is produced from estate-grown, organic palomino grapes grown in Pago Marquesado in chalky albariza barajuela soils. It is an exceptionally elegant and complex Amontillado with loads of umami. “El Neto” is named for a long-time employee and wagon driver who used to transport the wines of Manuel Aragón from Chiclana to other towns before motor vehicles.
Vinification
During harvest, grapes are hand-picked in small baskets, directly pressed, and then fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in stainless steel at low temperature. After fortification to 15% ABV with neutral grape spirits, Amontillado El Neto spends five years aging biologically under a continuous veil of flor in very old barrels in a bodega located just 800 meters from the Gulf of Cádiz. The wine is then fortified to 18% and aged a further 12 years oxidatively. Manuel Aragón runs the scales in the traditional way, moving the wine through the solera manually, without mechanical pumps, utilizing gravity and the traditional tools of the canoa, jarra, sifón, and rocíador. It is cold stabilized and very lightly fined with bentonite before bottling.
Serving Recommendation
Serve slightly chilled, between 50-60ºF in a wine glass
Region
Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
Village
Chiclana de la Frontera
Vineyard
Pago Marquesado planted in 1990
Grapes
Palomino Fino
Fermentation
Estate-grown grapes are hand-picked in small baskets with great care to avoid oxidation, directly pressed, and then spontaneously fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel at low temperature.
Fortification
Neutral grape spirits
Aging
17 years in solera (Five years biological aging, 12 years oxidative aging)
S02
25mg/L
Filtration & Cold-Stabilization
Cold stabilized, light fining with bentonite
Profile
Dry, elegant, complex, umami, salty
Farming
Practicing Organic
ABV
15%
Vegan
Yes
Pack Size
12x750mL