Know your étiquette! Manzanilla sherry

After we took you on that high-speed chase through the streets of Jerez de la Frontera, it’s time to chill by the coast to visit Fino’s dry-sherry sibling: Manzanilla.

This lightly fortified, ultra-refreshing #wine has a lot in common with Fino. Both are “biologically aged” - by which we mean they mature under a veil of flor that protects them from evolving oxidatively.

The difference is that the maturation process for Manzanilla takes place exclusively in the town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Once again, Grandes Pagos de España member Valdespino is the model - this time its Deliciosa bottling - and once again this is a wine intended for drinking upon release.

A versatile aperitif and food wine, it’s mercifully easy to find in Australia, and very well priced.