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Bodega Viña Santa Petronila – single vineyard. The smallest sherry winery in the world.
Over two thousand years ago, the land between the two rivers, Guadalquivir and Guadalete, formed the Tartessian Gulf and the Lake of Ligustino; an area of islands, peninsulas and channels. One of these channels became the Macharnudo Valley, emerging with glimpses of land with white albariza soil. This long-time flooded terrain, now partly marshland, formed the subsoil with saline water currents, despite being 12 km from the Atlantic coast. The vitis-vinifera root system allows its vines to feed on this water reserve and bear fruits with a remarkable vegetative balance whose resulting wine is unique.
Born, elaborated, and raised in this marine subsoil is Santa Petronila, located on the west slope of the soft hillside of the Macharnudo Valley; its vineyards are as old as the neighboring city of Gades. Santa Petronila - The Smallest Sherry Winery in the World, an intimate family vineyard, with a history prior to 1722. A tour of the winery invites guests to understand the wine growing and the work in the vineyards during the 18th and 19th centuries. A wonderful place to learn about the evolution from the Grapes to the Glass, and have an opportunity to taste the unique Sherry wines.
Santa Petronila is a combination of history and innovation: a Sherry made from and in the vineyard; old vines with deep roots offering stability, transmitting the power of the Palomino grape to its wines, manual harvesting, fermentation in casks and a traditional process with minimal artificial interference. The result is a unique Sherry “in Rama”, unfiltered and without clarification, with strong personality and character. A Sherry made from nature, helped by human effort and care; an Author's Sherry.
The Estate also features a guest-house where it is possible to stay overnight; ideal for celebrating meetings and events Its idyllic location in the middle of the vineyards, yet only 4km from the center of Jerez, 15km from the beaches in Puerto de Santa Maria and Sanlúcar, and just over an hour from Tarifa, the gateway to Africa, makes it a unique place to enjoy with family and friends.
White wine (natural wine):
Marismas de Macharnudo Palomino. (75cl. 14% vol.) The saline currents that still flow underground in the valley of Macharnudo give character to the fruit of the old Santa Petronila vines. White on lees, natural fermentation in casks, 14 natural degrees as they are from old vines (without sun exposure), 15 months in fine casks, and 3 in the bottle. Without filtering or clarifying to show the expression of the Santa Petronila albariza saline.
Fortified wines (Sherry):
Fino Flor de Macharnudo. (50 cl. 15% vol.) (>6 años). Pale gold. Very vinous, wild broths, saline, dry, and almond. Fragrance of acetaldehyde, flower, yeast. Harmonic, firm and complex in its wine structure. Round and powerful; hints at the sea.
Fino en Rama Santa Petronila. (50 cl. 15% vol.) (>10 años) Intense gold. Toasted almonds, honeycomb wax, touch of honey. A harmonious, very Jerez nose. Round, fresh, it masks its power very well with that facility to drink it that deceives. A Fino from the interior Pagos of Jerez.
Amontillado en Rama Santa Petronila. (50 cl. 18% vol.) (>12 años). Attractive amber color, elegant and fine aroma of vanilla and roasted almonds. Dry wine, with an enveloping mid palate and a large opening in the mouth where it is powerful, rich, smooth, full on the palate and with a warm finish. Persistent and stabbing
Oloroso en Rama Santa Petronila. (50 cl. 18% vol.) (>12 años). Maximum expression of complexity balanced with softness, eternal, salty iodine. It melts in your mouth. Velvet.
Pedro Ximénez Santa Petronila. (50 cl. 15% vol.) (>12 años). Bitter orange marmalade, syrup, coffee with milk: pure PX, but in an extremely delicate, soft, elegant version. Very long, very fresh. A sweet sin.
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