| Type | Fortified sweet wine |
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| Region | |
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| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 15.0% |
Spec sheet
The wine
Ideal for drinking on its own or with aperitifs or desserts. Perfect with cheeses, pasta dishes, pastries, fresh fruit and ice cream.
A jet black colour with amber glints, the wine exhibits aromas of raisins, figs and honey on the nose, along with bitter touches of cocoa and tobacco. It is dense, elegant and rounded on the palate.
Produced using the ‘solera’ method of fractional blending. After spending a year in tank for decantation, it underwent oxidative ageing in American oak butts for a period of 20 years.
Drinking and storing
Serve between 9ºC and 11ºC
Ratings and awards
| 1989 | 91 PN |
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PN: Peñín
Customer reviews
The winery
Bodegas Sauci
This is one of the oldest family-owned wineries in the Condado de Huelva, and looks back on some French ancestry in winemaking, before Fernando Sauci started up the business in 1925. His son, Manuel, was a keen oenologist and a pioneer in the bottling of wine in Huelva. He saw the need to move to bigger premises and due to a particular interest in the ageing process he became involved in making fortified wines. Manuel Sauci now has an advisory role in the business, which is...
