Gonzalez Byass Leonor Palo Cortado

The Gonzalez Byass Leonor Palo Cortado shows a light mahogany colour with golden tones and a slightly orange rim. The nose is intense and complex with typical Amontillado notes such as hazelnuts, perfectly balanced with other aromas such as bitter orange, vanilla, almonds and mature oak. This sherry has been aged for over 12 years and as such the palate is powerful and intense with nutty and toasted notes, yet is smooth and silky. The power and structure of this Palo Cortado is perfect with mature or hard cheese, nuts, salty caramel, strong meats such as venison and dry aged beef.

The Gonzalez Byass Premium Range is a collection of authentic, high quality sherries. This range is made in a traditional style using the finest quality Palomino grapes from vineyards owned by Gonzalez Byass in the 'Jerez Superior' zone.

The highest quality free run `mosto yema` and the first press must obtained by pneumatic Willmes presses are considered the most delicate and elegant musts and therefore are used for Palo Cortado Leonor. Following fermentation to between 11% and 12% alcohol the wine is fortified to 18% alcohol and then enters the Leonor Solera. An empty space of 100 liters is left in the cask so that the wine has a large surface area in contact with the oxygen and therefor undergoes complete oxidization. Leonor remains in the American oak casks following the traditional Solera system for an average of 12 years