Amontillado Pisador (The Wine Bang)
4 July 2025 | by Ruben
Review of the Amontillado Pisador, a sherry of around 15 years, produced at the cooperative Virgen de Palomares in Trebujena and bottled by The Wine Bang
About Ruben
Ruben is a Certified Sherry Educator who fell in love with sherry some 25 years ago, but switched to a higher gear in 2013 and started writing about it. Lived in Madrid for a couple of years, now back in Belgium. I also run a whisky blog over at www.whiskynotes.be
Author Archives: Ruben
Manzanilla Charito (Emilio Hidalgo)
25 June 2025 | by Ruben
Review of the Manzanilla Charito, sold by Emilio Hidalgo. It is a good Manzanilla, but it lacks a background story to support its quality
Contubernio Mahina (Dirk Niepoort)
5 June 2025 | by Ruben
Mahina 2023 is a white Palomino wine made in collaboration with Dirk Niepoort, from grapes in the pago Mahina, from a small plot owned by Armando Guerra and Wim Casteur
San Cayetano 2022 (M. Ant. De La Riva)
30 May 2025 | by Ruben
Review of San Cayetano by M.Ant. De La Riva, the first Jerez wine to join La Place de Bordeaux. A milestone for Vino de Pasto and reshaping its reputation
Medical update
27 May 2025 | by Ruben
Personal update from SherryNotes: recovering from ear surgery with ongoing taste and hearing issues, but slowly returning to wine reviews and enjoying life again
Medium Contubernio (Vinos Según Cede)
27 November 2024 | by Ruben
Review of the Medium Amoroso Contubernio, from Vinos Según Cede, the small bodega of the Guerra family in Sanlúcar. An old Medium sherry with a great balance
Viña Macharnudo Alto Barrel Fermented 2023 (Valdespino)
18 October 2024 | by Ruben
Review of the Viña Macharnudo Alto, a barrel fermented Palomino wine from Valdespino. An unfortified wine with some elements of sherry
Agostado 2017 Cortado (Cota 45)
11 July 2024 | by Ruben
Agostado is the new name of Encrucijado, an experimental Cortado, an old style of sherry brought back by Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodegas Cota
Amontillado En Rama – Criadera Selection (Barbadillo)
19 June 2024 | by Ruben
The Amontillado En Rama from the Criadera Selection series by Bodegas Barbadillo is a younger version of their Amontillado Principe
Palo Cortado – Señorio de Callao (León Domecq)
30 May 2024 | by Ruben
The Palo Cortado 'Señoria de Callao' from Bodegas León Domecq, an old wine from Bodegas Vides in a new disguise
