Equipo Navazos Sherry
It all began in December 2005, when a group of Sherry lovers including Jesus Barquin, a lawyer and director of the Andalusian Institute of Crimanology at the University of Granada, and a renowned food and drink critic, along with Eduardo Ojeda, the technical director of Grupo Estevez, owners of Bodega Valdespino and the La Guita sherry brand, were visiting a small and historic bodega of Miguel Sanchez Ayala in Sanlucar. It was here that they discovered 65 butts of exceptionally fine old Amontillado, which had languished unsold for around twenty years.
They decided that this wonderful wine was in need of rescue and after an exhausting tasting they selected the equivalent volume of an entire butt (600 75cl bottles) to be bottled privately for their own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of their friends within the wine industry and other knowledgeable aficionados.
At some point during this marathon tasting session it was probably agreed upon that they would need a name for this bottling and their newly formed company. They chose the name Equipo Navazos (Team Navazos) and named this first bottling ‘La Bota de Amontillado Navazos’, which was apparently inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado”. A navazos by the way is the name given to farmland reclaimed from the river Guadalquivir estuary which surrounds this historic bodega.
This led them to search for other ‘sleeping treasures’ as they put it in the cellars of Jerez, Sanlucar, El Puerto as well as in and around Montilla. In 2006 they discovered and bottled a traditional Fino from bodegas Valdespino and a Pedro Ximenez from Perez Barquero in Montilla, each one limited to 800 bottles and with the date of each withdrawal or Saca clearly stated on the label. These were followed in early 2007 by an Manzanilla and an Amontillado once again selected from the cellars of Miguel Sanchez Ayala.
By 2007 these limited edition bottlings had begun to cause quiet a stir in the rarefied world of sherries and have been garnering glowing reviews ever since, so much so that Jesus Barquin was honoured with the ‘Premio Nacional de Gastronomia’ award in 2007 for his contribution to the promotion of traditional Andalusian wines.
They decided that this wonderful wine was in need of rescue and after an exhausting tasting they selected the equivalent volume of an entire butt (600 75cl bottles) to be bottled privately for their own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of their friends within the wine industry and other knowledgeable aficionados.
At some point during this marathon tasting session it was probably agreed upon that they would need a name for this bottling and their newly formed company. They chose the name Equipo Navazos (Team Navazos) and named this first bottling ‘La Bota de Amontillado Navazos’, which was apparently inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado”. A navazos by the way is the name given to farmland reclaimed from the river Guadalquivir estuary which surrounds this historic bodega.
This led them to search for other ‘sleeping treasures’ as they put it in the cellars of Jerez, Sanlucar, El Puerto as well as in and around Montilla. In 2006 they discovered and bottled a traditional Fino from bodegas Valdespino and a Pedro Ximenez from Perez Barquero in Montilla, each one limited to 800 bottles and with the date of each withdrawal or Saca clearly stated on the label. These were followed in early 2007 by an Manzanilla and an Amontillado once again selected from the cellars of Miguel Sanchez Ayala.
By 2007 these limited edition bottlings had begun to cause quiet a stir in the rarefied world of sherries and have been garnering glowing reviews ever since, so much so that Jesus Barquin was honoured with the ‘Premio Nacional de Gastronomia’ award in 2007 for his contribution to the promotion of traditional Andalusian wines.
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The Navazos-Niepoort 2008 has been fermented in butt, using only naturally occurring wild yeasts, and aged under a veil of flor and without fortification for five months. Like all of the preceding bottling’s by Equipos Navazos, this is a limited release of 4,5... [more details]
£19.48 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
£105.19 case of 6 (inc VAT, duty paid)
£17.53 per bottle
£17.53 per bottle
£74.16 case of 6 (in bond, excluding VAT & duty
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£12.36 per bottle
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Just like the previous bottling of ‘Bota Punta’ the team has selected one special butt, which they believe had acquired a singular character. This particular butt is located at the end of a row of ten butts of the prestigious palo cortado viejo solera at Bodeg... [more details]
£70.53 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
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£45.91 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
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Saca de Marzo de 2011
Tasted: June 2011
A big rich, oak influenced nose of toffee’d/ creamy vanillins integrated with a depth of elegant, oxidised fruit, a touch of orange peel, geren nuts and minerals.
Dry on the palate, soft acidity. Full bodied and ric... [more details]
£24.50 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
£124.67 case of 6 (inc VAT, duty paid)
£20.78 per bottle
£20.78 per bottle
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Saca de Marzo de 2011
Tasted July 2011
Clear Amber/ Gold in colour. Deep, warming aromas of delicately oxidised dried fruit with hints of citrus rind and nutty/ almond oak notes. Elegant and wonderfully balanced. With time a floral/ perfumed whisky-like note... [more details]
£92.06 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
£497.64 case of 6 (inc VAT, duty paid)
£82.94 per bottle - Free UK Delivery
£82.94 per bottle - Free UK Delivery
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Rafael Rivas, capataz for several decades at La Guita cellars at Sanlúcar’s Calle Misericordia until his recent retirement, started in 1986 this 15-butt solera with a well-aged manzanilla. The plan was to produce an old manzanilla of exceptional quality, shoul... [more details]
£30.25 per bottle (inc VAT, duty paid)
