Fernando de Castilla Classic Dry Fino Sherry is a exceptionally crisp, vibrant, and precise fortified white wine produced in the historic city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla is celebrated worldwide as one of the elite boutique houses of the Sherry Triangle, renowned for crafting unblemished, authentic wines using traditional artisan techniques. Aged entirely under a biological yeast veil known as flor, this dry Fino showcases brilliant freshness, delicate yeast complexities, and unmistakable chalky minerality.

Why You'll Love It

This wine stands out for its invigorating freshness, bone-dry profile, and elegant structure. Unlike many commercial Finos that are heavily filtered, Fernando de Castilla crafts this bottling with meticulous care, allowing the natural character of the wine and its flor aging to shine through. Matured through a traditional solera system in seasoned American oak casks, it offers an enticing harmony of green orchard fruit, salty sea spray, and toasted almond nuances, making it a quintessential aperitif.

Vineyard & Production

The Palomino Fino grapes are hand-harvested from high-grade vineyards planted on pristine, chalk-rich albariza soils in the Jerez region. Following gentle pressing and temperature-controlled fermentation, the base wine is fortified to fifteen percent alcohol and enters the criaderas y solera system. It ages biologically beneath a thick layer of living flor yeast, which protects the wine from oxygen while consuming residual sugars and glycerine, imparting its signature pale hue, bone-dry texture, and distinctive autolytic aroma profile.

Tasting Notes

In the glass, it displays a pale lemon-straw colour with bright greenish reflections. The nose is lifted, fresh, and aromatic, opening with scents of green apples, lemon zest, and fresh dough, layered with notes of raw almond, dried chamomile, and subtle saline sea air. On the palate, it is bone-dry, light-bodied, and vibrant, delivering crisp orchard fruit and citrus flavours supported by a fine streak of chalky minerality and a clean, savoury, and appetizing finish.

Perfect Pairings

With its bone-dry structure, high acidity, and subtle salinity, this dry Fino is the ultimate aperitif wine and seafood partner. It pairs magnificently with salted almonds, green Olivas Manzanilla, cured Iberian ham (Jamón Ibérico), and fried calamari. It is also an outstanding match for fresh oysters, boquerones in vinegar, grilled prawns, sushi, and light tapas dishes served thoroughly chilled.

Grape Varieties

100% Palomino Fino

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