Fortified dry
Inocente is a classic Jerez Fino made by the most traditional method, that of the criaderas and solera system. The grape juice, which comes from a single vineyard called Inocente among the firm‘s holdings in the famous Pago Macharnudo, is fermented in butts made from American oak and is aged under a veil of flor yeasts for over eight years. The result is a highly complex Fino, one of the very best in Jerez. Pale golden straw color, very refined and pronounced with distinct aromas of biological aging, light on entry, opening out beautifully with an intense flavour, freshness and persistence.
Serve at 8-10 °C with fish, all kinds of tapas, soups.
High-pitched, featuring talc, chamomile, chalk and jicama notes, followed by a pure, stone-tinged finish. Very graceful, lacy and long. Drink now. 2,500 cases made.
As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino Inocente in magnum, but in this case they have kept the bottles for six months as the wine is from the saca otoño 2016, the autumn bottling from 2016. So the wine is offered with some extra bottle age. It has all that you expect from Inocente, a long aging wine fermented in bota from grapes grown exclusively in the Macharnudo Alto vineyard and bottled with an average age of ten years. All the textbook aromas and flavors are there, coupled with the elegance and mineral intensity the Macharnudo white chalky soils provide. Customers who purchase one of this scarce magnums probably know Inocente already. This will have a longer development in bottle.