The Sherry Triangle
Jerez · Sanlúcar · El Puerto
- Soil
- 'Albariza' — brilliant-white, chalky, water-retaining soil.
- Style
- Bone-dry Fino/Manzanilla to lusciously sweet PX — all via the solera.
- Top sites
- The three towns of the triangle; Manzanilla is Sherry from Sanlúcar.
- Vintages
- Solera-aged (NV); seek long-aged bottlings
- Producers
- Equipo NavazosLustau
Tip · Two paths: under a yeast veil ('flor') you get pale, tangy Fino/Manzanilla; without it, oxidative ageing gives nutty Amontillado and Oloroso. The solera blends vintages over years.
Value pick
Lustau 'Los Arcos' Amontillado · ~$20
Dry, nutty, complex Amontillado from a top house — one of the wine world's greatest value-for-flavour bottles.
Collector pick
Equipo Navazos 'La Bota de…' (old VORS Sherry) · ~$120 · NV
Tiny-bottling, decades-aged Sherries selected by a cult negociant — among the wine world's great rarities.