Primitivo Quiles Fondillón Vino Nobile ‘Gran Reserva’ Solera 1948 NV slovakia bean dishes with smoked ham

bean dishes with smoked ham or chorizo

The finish is long and warming with hints of brown sugar

The wines are stirred frequently in order to keep the wine in contact with the lees and then aged for 18 months

It's simply a wonderful example that stacks up brilliantly against the best French examples

the Fire Gully Sauvignon Blanc Semillon is unoaked

Primitivo Quiles Fondillón Vino Nobile ‘Gran Reserva’ Solera 1948 NV slovakia bean dishes with smoked hamUnfortified, this is just remarkably managed in the cellar, to end up presenting as a wine of 16% natural alcohol + 60 years' age character, and still beautifully lively, graceful and elegant. It is lightly sweet, rather than a blockbuster PX style. Very long and easy, it is as much suited to drinking as an aperitif afternoon tipple on ice as it is to the more obvious after dinner liqueur slot. The 1948 Solera is 10 foudre of 1700 litres each,