Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) - Amontillado Napoleon

Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana)Amontillado Napoleon

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Amontillado Napoleon of Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) is a natural sweet wine from the region of Amontillado Sherry of Andalousie.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, mature and hard cheese or cured meat.
The Amontillado Napoleon of the Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) is in the top 30 of wines of Amontillado Sherry.

Taste structure of the Amontillado Napoleon from the Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana)

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Amontillado Napoleon of Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) in the region of Andalousie is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

toffee, caramel

Wine with microbio taste

yeast, cheese

Wine with earth taste

salt, honey

Wine with spices taste

pepper

On the nose the Amontillado Napoleon of Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) in the region of Andalousie often reveals types of flavors of cream, hazelnut or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of orange peel, citrus fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana)'s Amontillado Napoleon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
17.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Amandin

Interspecific cross between 7489 (direct white producer hybrid) and Hamburg Muscat obtained in 1979, registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Amontillado Napoleon - 2008
In the top 30 of of Amontillado Sherry wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Amontillado Napoleon - 2006
In the top 30 of of Amontillado Sherry wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Amontillado Napoleon from Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) are 2006, 2008

Informations about the Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana)

The winery offers 56 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Amontillado Sherry in the region of Andalousie

The Winery Hidalgo (La Gitana) is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Amontillado Sherry to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Andalousie
In the top 7000 of of Spain wines
In the top 40 of of Amontillado Sherry wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 95000 wines of the world

The wine region of Amontillado Sherry

The wine region of Amontillado Sherry is located in the region of Jerez-Xérès-Sherry of Andalousie of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodegas Tradición or the Domaine Equipo Navazos produce mainly wines natural sweet and white. On the nose of Amontillado Sherry often reveals types of flavors of caramel, butter or green apple and sometimes also flavors of peach, red fruit or cedar. In the mouth of Amontillado Sherry is a powerful with a nice freshness.


The wine region of Andalousie

Andalusia, located in the southwest of Spain, is the southernmost administrative region of the Spanish mainland. It is home to the world-famous fortified wine, sherry. This dynamic region is the most populous in Spain and has a colourful history. Its strategic position at the gateway to the Mediterranean and its proximity to Africa have made it the target of many settlements and invasions throughout history.

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The word of the wine: Passerillage

Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.

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