What it pairs with
-
Gambas crudas (raw prawns) with sea salt
The simplest El Puerto seafood pairing for cold, dry Manzanilla. -
Cured cheese from Sanlúcar
Local Sanlúcar Barrameda cheese with the house Manzanilla is the traditional pairing. -
Espinacas con garbanzos (spinach and chickpeas)
Sanlúcar street-tapa with the house Manzanilla is the traditional local combination.
History
La Cigarrera (The Cigar Maker) takes its name from the tradition of cigar-rolling women who worked in the Sanlúcar tobacco trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bodega was founded in 1758 in the Barrio Bajo district of Sanlúcar, making it one of the oldest continuously operating Manzanilla houses. The Plaza de las Madejas quarter where the bodega sits was historically associated with the tobacco and wine trades.
- 1758 — Bodegas La Cigarrera founded in the Barrio Bajo of Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas La Cigarrera
- Grapes
- Palomino Fino
- Classification
- DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- Oak
- Biological ageing under flor in American oak butts; Barrio Alto solera system
- ABV
- 15.0%
- Price
- €8-14 at retail
- Drinking window
- 1-3 from bottling
- First vintage
- 1758