In the glass
Aroma: dark dried fruit, roasted coffee, toasted oak, leather, sea salt
Palate: dark chocolate, walnut, rancio, dried fig, mineral
VORS Oloroso of 30-plus years average age from Sanlúcar; intensely concentrated with dark dried-fruit, coffee and rancio depth alongside the characteristic saline note of the appellation.
What it pairs with
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Roasted venison haunch
The VORS weight and rancio complexity matches the intensity of long-roasted game. -
Gorgonzola Piccante
Assertive blue veining finds an equal in the wine's concentrated savoury depth. -
Dark chocolate truffle
Coffee and chocolate register in both wine and dessert amplify each other.
History
Faraón (Pharaoh) is Hidalgo's VORS Oloroso, representing the deepest tier of the bodega's oxidative range. The name evokes the ancient, near-mythical status of very old sherry soleras. The 30-plus year average age produces extraordinary concentration while retaining the Sanlúcar saline terroir even in an Oloroso style aged without biological influence.
- 1792 — Foundation Oloroso solera established at Hidalgo
- 2000 — Faraón VORS released commercially under its current label
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Hidalgo La Gitana
- Grapes
- Palomino Fino
- Classification
- DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- Oak
- Oxidative ageing in American oak butts; VORS solera (30+ years average)
- ABV
- 20.0%
- Price
- €45-90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10-30 from bottling
- First vintage
- 1792