What it pairs with
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Sopa de cebolla gratinada (onion soup gratin)
Dry Amontillado and French-style onion soup is a classic combination. -
Almonds with dried figs and cheese
Classic Andalusian tapa plate for a glass of dry Amontillado.
History
Bodegas Bay-Alba is a small Jerez almacenista bodega founded in 1950, contributing aged Amontillado and Pedro Ximénez to the solera ecosystem of the Jerez Triangle. The bodega supplies barrel wine to larger houses and bottles a small proportion under their own label.
- 1950 — Bodegas Bay-Alba established as an almacenista producer in Jerez de la Frontera
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Bay-Alba
- Grapes
- Palomino Fino
- Classification
- DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
- Oak
- Biological then oxidative ageing in American oak solera; small almacenista-style production
- ABV
- 18.5%
- Price
- €10-18 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from bottling
- First vintage
- 1950