Gutierrez Colosia Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Puerto de Santa Maria 18% 37.5cl Half Bottle

Description

Gutierrez Colosia Pedro Ximenez Sherry is an intensely sweet Sherry made in the town of Puerto de Santa Maria, the third town on the Sherry Triangle after Jerez de La Frontera and Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Bodegas Gutierrez Colosia can trace its beginnings back to 1838 when the bodega was built and has been preserved almost as such to this day. Towards the beginning of the 20th Century, it was acquired by Sr. José Gutiérrez Dosal, the late great-grandfather of the current Gutiérrez Colosía family. The Gutiérrez Colosía wines are produced in bodegas, or wine cellars, with an architectural style known as Nave Cathedral or cathedral-like warehouse. These arched buildings of significant height, help to expose the wines to the influence of the local climate.

The cellars are located at the mouth of the River Guadalete (it means River of Forgetfulness) in El Puerta de Santa Maria. The location gives the Sherries produced by Gutiérrez Colosía a unique microclimate that offers the perfect humidity level to grow Flor. The dry “Levante” and the humid “Poniente” winds regulate the local moisture provided the best conditions for the wines age. 

Wines from Puerto de Santa Maria are traditionally lighter in oxidative flavour than those from Jerez. For example, Juan-Carlos Gutiérrez Colosia believes his Fino is best drunk fresh and chilled, so it is therefore available after only three or four years in solera. His Amontillado and Oloroso are bottled with greater age and are also perfect for chilling.

For the Gutierrez Colosia Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Pedro Ximenez grapes are allowed to fully ripen and dry on the vine until they are quite raisined before harvesting and crushing to release their super sweet juice. The grapes are laid out on esparto-grass mats to dry for one and a half to three weeks, known as the “soleo” process. As a result the sugar concentration in the grapes greatly increases.