Bodegas Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla (750ML)

92 points - Wine SpectatorManzanilla "La Gitana" is made from Palomino Fino grapes that are carefully grown in white albaniza soils, (+80% Calcico carbonate) very precious in order to obtain very fine and high quality musts. The grapes come from the "El Cuadarado" Estate located in the historic Balbaina Alta estate. It is considered one of the estates with the greatest high influence of all the estates in Jerez Superior. The must obtained from this estate has perfect characteristics for breeding Manzanilla and it comes largely from its peculiar salinity. The wines enter our soleras dating back to 1792 and are three years in the Bodega de San Fermín in the lower district of Sanlúcar where the exposure to the river is direct. (300 meters from the shore) After three years they go to our main winery in San Fermín for another two -three years, where they finish refining and polishing in the fat barrels that date from the beginning of the construction of the winery and that have never moved