About Ruben

Ruben is a Certified Sherry Educator who fell in love with sherry some twenty 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

Website: http://www.sherrynotes.com

Author Archives: Ruben

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Tivo 2018 (Primitivo Collantes)

20 October 2021 | by Ruben

Currently the only monovarietal wine made from Uva Rey, one of the recovered grapes of the sherry region Tivo is

Fino

Fino Coquinero En Rama (Osborne)

14 October 2021 | by Ruben

Fino Coquinero En Rama is an older, richer Fino-Amontillado that is now bottled with minimal filtering. It is one of the last Finos that are keepling alive the practice of re-fortifying to 17%

Moscatel

Moscatel de Chipiona (Lustau)

9 October 2021 | by Ruben

Moscatel is the most fragrant, aromatic grape found in the sherry region and this wine respects that character really well

Other

Dictador 2 Masters Ximénez-Spínola 1976 Edition

4 October 2021 | by Ruben

A 1976 Colombian rum from Dictador, finished in Jerez at Ximénez-Spinola Rum is hardly ever covered here on SherryNotes, but

Fino

Fino La Janda (Álvaro Domecq)

27 September 2021 | by Ruben

Fino La Janda is the cornerstone wine of the bodega Álvaro Domecq, who acquired the former almacenista Pilar Aranda and took over her wines

Oloroso

Río Viejo Oloroso (Lustau vs. late 1970s Domecq)

17 September 2021 | by Ruben

Río Viejo Oloroso (Lustau 2021) versus Río Viejo Oloroso (Pedro Domecq, late 1970s)

Amontillado

Amontillado San Roque 30 (Sopla Poniente)

12 September 2021 | by Ruben

Amontillado San Roque is a 30 years old wine from the négociant Rodriguez de Vera. It can be traced back to Bodegas Navarro in the DO Montilla-Moriles