Bodegas San Francisco Javier (2022) Fino Sherry, Vina Corrales Pago Balbaina, Jerez DO

Item Number: 18099

UPC: None

Country: Spain
Region: Andalucia
Sub Region: Jerez
Appellation/AVA: Jerez DO
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vineyard Designation: Vina Corrales
Grape(s): 100% Palomino
Type: Wine - Sherry & Madeira (Fortified)
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 6
Closure: Cork

Reviews

  • The Wine Advocate
    Rating: 96 (1/31/2023)
    The NV Fino Viña Corrales Pago Balbaína bottled in May 2022 shows different from the 2021 bottling, as the wine is influenced by the dry year and has more smokiness, flintstone and yeasty aromas. This is round and lush, with a buttery sensation in the texture and the textbook notes of esparto grass and wet chalk. The finish is bone-dry, tasty and almost salty. They are also adding the wine from Viña Corrales in Balbaína. I also sampled the wine from the solera as it is now, and it's impressive how the wine seems to have changed in one year and how the influence of the different yeasts is noticeable on the nose, with the influence of the Beticus yeasts in the smokiness. The 2022 saca contains 7,900 bottles.