What it pairs with

  • Natillas (Spanish egg custard)
    The vanilla and caramel sweetness of the wine mirror the eggy sweetness of natillas.
  • Moist walnut cake
    The wine's caramel-nut profile and sweetness complement walnut baking.
  • Foie gras terrine
    Sweet Oloroso's richness and dried-fruit depth provide classic pairing contrast to fatty foie.

History

One of the oldest continuously maintained soleras in the Jerez region, dating to 1842. Valdespino uses the founding year in the wine's name to honour the historic continuity of the solera-criadera system. The wine is an Oloroso sweetened with old Pedro Ximénez to the medium-sweet style.

  1. 1842 — Solera 1842 Oloroso Dulce founding solera created at Valdespino

Facts

Producer
Bodegas Real Tesoro y Valdespino
Grapes
Palomino Fino, Pedro Ximénez
Classification
DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
Oak
American oak butts; oxidative solera founded 1842; sweetened with Pedro Ximénez
ABV
18.0%
Price
€18-28 at retail
Drinking window
0-10 from bottling
First vintage
1842

Tags

fortified sherry full body low tannin medium acid medium sweet medium term mood elegant mood festive occasion special occasion winter old vines old world pairs with chocolate pairs with foie gras pairs with fruit desserts palomino fino pedro xim nez price trade up
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