Tradición Oloroso VORS 30 AÑOS

The single vintage wines are different, but they are not necessarily better than the solera wines. In fact I preferred the Oloroso VORS to the two single-vintage; I found it more complex and fluid, while the single vintages were more concentrated and powerful, but not as nuanced. I’m talking about the NV Tradicion Oloroso VORS, on average 45-50 years old, which gives the wine a concentration of glycerin and dry extract that is amazing. Silky, very interesting to see the wine that has been blended over the years is more complex. The proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove, it is full-bodied, and still follows the same, clean, elegant, precise line of the rest of the wines from Tradicion.

Deep amber. Fabulously intense aroma of bitter orange marmalade and – metaphorically – burnished gold. Really nutty as it opens, like honeyed apricots coated in blow-torched caramel. The tanginess reminds me more of Palo Cortado than of Oloroso. On the palate, it is almost impossible to say how sweet it is – it is pretty dry but the nature of the flavours makes you think there is sweetness. Stunning intensity and endlessly long.