Fortified Wine

If spicy flavours rock your world, try this treacly, intensely luscious sweet sherry from one of the great producers in southern Spain - Lustau. This wine is made 100% from the Pedro Ximenez grape, also known as PX. It's a white grape, which is typically given long hang time on the vines followed by sun drying to create its intensely rich, sweet flavours, which come partially from the shrivelled well ripened grapes and partially from the production - this wine is fermented to a low level of alcohol and then fortified. 

Sticky date pudding or home made ginger bread, here's your perfect match.

We love sweet sherry but it's not to be confused with the great, tangy dry sherries of the world, which are an entire delicious category in their own right. 

?Pata de Gallina? is the name for wines that display an above average richness and smoothness, due to high levels of glycerol.

Dark gold in colour, with aromas of dried fruits and pipe tobacco. Very concentrated, with a powerful intensity on the palate and a slightly sweet finish, found in the oldest soleras of Oloroso sherries.

This is a rich, sweet, treacly dessert wine made from PX, which stands for Pedro Ximenez, one of the three classic grape varieties used to make sherry. 

PX is a white grape variety which is typically used to make sweet sherries (although it also makes dry wines in Montilla-Moriles DO, which borders the sherry region). The PX grape is used harvested late then dried in the sun to encourage a shrivelled character, which in turn concentrates the sugars in the grape. This helps to produce intensely richly flavoured wines, which are fermented to a low level of alcohol (usually between 5 to 7% ABV) then fortified and aged in seasoned sherry barrels to mature the wines and add complexity in taste.

The value for money in this wine (and in most PXs) is exceptionally good, due to great concentration of flavour, richness and complexity.

Drink lightly chilled with sticky toffee pudding or warm gingerbread - a match made you know where. 

This is a classic cream style sherry from one of Spain's most well known sherry producers. Elegante Cream is sweet and rich, with nuttiness and notes of caramel, dried fruits and gentle spice. 

This is a perfect aperitif, made from the Palomino grape. Dry and complex, this sherry shows shows oxidative notes of died fruit and nuts and a fragrant nose. The Elegate Fino Sherry is a great match for cheese, fish and white meats.  

This is an amber coloured, medium sweet sherry from one of Spain's most well known producers. The nose is rich and aromatic, with notes of spice, nuts, dried fruit and cocoa. The palate is smooth and fresh, with complex ripe fruitiness and a balanced sweetness. This is great as an aperitif, served with nut and cheese. 

Aged for 30 years, this sweet, dark sherry is incredibly rich and complex. It has deep aromas of caramel, dried fruit and toasted wood. The palate is equally rich and dense, with fig and plum notes coming through with a coffee like intensity. This intensely complex backdrop is balanced by sweetness, creating an excellent dessert sherry.