Navazos Ovni PF 2018

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The unfortified white 2018 Ovni Palomino Fino was produced with grapes from vineyards in Sanlúcar. It fermented in sherry casks with indigenous yeasts and matured mostly without flor in stainless steel, but it always develops some flor that gives it a slight sherry twang. It’s only 11.5% and comes from a cool year. This is only the second vintage bottled after 2015. They are very different years, 2018 saw more rain and less alcohol, and the wine is very clean and precise, straight, with good freshness and some austerity. It’s really delicious, with more character than the previous year. 6,000 bottles produced.

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