2021 Equipo Navazos La Bota 114 de Florpower MMXXI

Palomino Fino from Sanlucar. Bottled in July 2022. Old vines in Miraflores, always the same vineyard close to the ocean, vines over 50 and over 80 years old. They have ‘shifted from an idea connected to flor to an idea connected to vineyard; now we are convinced process is less important than terroir’. (The Navazos Niepoort similar wine is based on Jerez fruit.) 2010 was the first vintage, assembled in case the Navazos Niepoort Jerez wine didn’t work. This was bottled later than Navazos Niepoort originally but now usually one year after the harvest. 4,000 bottles made. Tangy and pungent but overall quite soft on the palate. Real grip on the end which makes up for the low acid. A distinctly floral quality. With time these wines go orange but still stay fresh. (JR)