The Lustau Solera Reserva Sherries
The Sherries in this range are as follows:
Gran Reserva sherries
Other Products
See Also: The Lustau
Almacenista Range
Lustau Solera Reserva Puerto Fino Sherry
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Description
A truly great wine matured in the town of Puerto de Santa
María, considered by many experts to be the home of the
finest classic fino. The flagship of the House of Lustau;
a dry elegant Sherry, light and smooth with just a hint
of the sea and attractive fruit. Very fresh, with a slight
taste of tangy yeast. The pronounced flor bouquet is due
to Puerto Fino's double maturation under fresh flor.
Awarded Gold Medal at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif or as a wine with food. Delicious with shellfish
and other seafood. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
15.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Jerez Fino Sherry
"Jarana"
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Description
Dry, but full wine coming from the Lustau bodegas in Jerez
de la Frontera; elegant, but rich to taste. The richness
is balanced by its crisp, flor character to give a lingering
aftertaste. Awarded Silver Medal at
IWC 2006.
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When
To Drink it
Drink as an apéritif or as a wine with food; particularly
good with seafood. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
15.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva, Fino "Balbaína"
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Description
Pale straw colour, fresh and aromatic, with an earthy-mineral
nose. This is a Jerez style Fino, dry and crisp on the palate,
yet rich with spiced flavours and a full, long finish.
Awarded Silver Medal at
IWC 2006.
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When
To Drink it
A perfect dry apéritif, but also serve with "tapas",
with fresh seafood, oysters and white fish dishes. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
15% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera
Reserva Light Manzanilla Sherry "Papirusa"
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Description
A bone dry Manzanilla from the town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda,
light and fresh, very tangy, clean and crisp with just a
hint of saltiness. Awarded Silver
Medal at IWC 2006.
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When
To Drink it
Drink as an apéritif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
15.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Rare Amontillado
Sherry "Escuadrilla"
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Description
Deep golden colour, rich, subtle and naturally dry. A
classically elegant Amontillado smooth and satisfying.
Awarded Gold Medal at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
Drink as a warming apéritif, with or without food. |
How
To Serve it
Serve slightly chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
18.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Amontillado
Sherry, "Los Arcos"
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Description
A text book Amontillado of great maturity. Naturally dry
and soft, its palate gives a hint of wood and smoky raisins.
A powerful and distinctive nutty bouquet. A better Amontillado
would be difficult to find. Awarded
Silver Medal at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
Drink as a warming apéritif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve slightly chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
18.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Palo Cortado
Sherry "Peninsula"
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Description
A Palo Cortado brings together the finesse and delicacy
of an Amontillado on the bouquet with the richness on
the palate of an Oloroso. This rare wine, with its amber
gold colour, dryness and immensely rich flavour, has light
chocolate/coffee flavours yet retains plenty.
Awarded Silver
Medal at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve very slightly chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
19% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso
Sherry "Don Nuño"
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Description
A rich concentrated wine which is classically dry with
hints of sweetness, its amber gold colour and flavours
of rich bitter chocolate and baked chestnuts leave an
intense lingering aftertaste. This wine finds great appeal
with the connoisseur and is appreciated by all oloroso
lovers.
Awarded the Sherry Trophy at the IWC 2004 and Gold Medals
in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif or just as a digéstif. The more adventurous
will try it with rich food. Great with cheese. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Reserva Rich Old Oloroso
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Description
Mahogany colour; concentrated aromas of smoky, dried
fruits; the ultimate cream sherry, luscious and smooth,
rich, complex and very long on the palate, with a balance
of clean acidity at the finish.
Awarded Bronze Medal
at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
This wine is a perfect companion to light desserts and
cakes, but can also be served with cheeses, or simply
as a sweet digestif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino, sweetened with Pedro Ximénez. |
Lustau Solera Reserva Deluxe Cream
Sherry "Capataz Andres"
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Description
Still made in the traditional way and at the original
strength - one of the few examples left of what cream
sherry should taste like. Deep amber in colour with the
taste of sweet raisins, dates and figs. Rich sweet ripe
fruit that lingers smoothly and seductively. A powerful
balance of sweetness, richness and maturity.
Awarded Silver
Medal at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
As a dessert wine or as a digéstif at the end of a meal. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino, Pedro Ximénez |
Lustau Solera Reserva Rare Cream Sherry
"Superior"
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Description
Mahogany colour; concentrated aromas of smoky, dried fruits;
the ultimate cream sherry, luscious and smooth, rich,
complex and very long on the palate, with a balance of
clean acidity at the finish.
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When
To Drink it
This is a dessert wine. Drink also as a digéstif at the
end of a meal. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino, Pedro Ximénez |
Lustau Solera Reserva Moscatel Superior
"Emilin"
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Description
A rich concentrated dessert wine with the distinctive
flavour of the Moscatel grape. Smooth and mellow with
a very clean aftertaste. Awarded
Gold Medal at IWC 2004.
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When
To Drink it
The ideal dessert wine, perfect with cakes, pastries and
chocolate. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
17% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Moscatel |
Lustau Solera Reserva Pedro Ximénez
Sherry "San Emilio"
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Description
Almost black in colour. A pronounced and delicious bouquet
of the essence of sweet raisins. The taste is very sweet,
smooth, pronounced and delicous just like dried raisins
or sweet grape juice.
Awarded Gold Medal at IWC 2006.
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When
To Drink it
This is a very sweet dessert wine consumed on its own or
with rich, fruity puddings. Also classically used as the
sauce for one of the famous desserts of Jerez: vanilla ice
cream with Pedro Ximénez Sherry. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
17% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Pedro Ximénez |
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Description
In centuries gone by, casks
of sherry were lashed to ships sailing for the Indies
as ballast, and were found to develop an extraordinary
smoothness and complexity. Lustau has revived
this style of sherry in the East India wine.
Unforgettable flavours of raisins, candied peel and
nuts. Robert Parker's comment: "Nutty,
sweet, crème brûlée smell". Awarded
Silver Medal at IWC 2004.
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When To Drink it
Perfect companion to light desserts and cakes, but can also
be served with cheeses, or simply as a sweet digestif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
Silk-screened Lustau bottle, 75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino , sweetened with Pedro Ximenez |
Lustau Solera Gran Reserva Very Rare
Oloroso Sherry "Emperatriz Eugenia"
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Description
Despite its strength, its concentration and its immense
flavours of smoky wood, prunes and bitter chocolate, this
fine rare wine is smooth and warming leaving a clean,
lightly acid lingering aftertaste. Awarded
Gold Medal and Sherry Trophy at IWC 2005.
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
20% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Solera Gran Reserva Dry Amontillado
"San Bartolomé"
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Description
A tawny gold colour, this elegant and classic amontillado
wine is pungent and aromatic, with oaky notes. On the
palate it is nutty, with a hint of sweetness, but with
a lingering dry finish. Awarded
Silver Medal at IWC 2006.
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif, with "tapas", nuts and olives,
or to accompany dishes such as consommé, foie gras,
cold and smoked meats, a cheese board, and even rich flavoured
fish or seafodd dishes. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl |
Strength
18.5% by volume |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Solera Gran Reserva Don Rafael
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Description
A tawny gold colour, this elegant and classic amontillado
wine is pungent and aromatic, with oaky notes. On the
palate it is nutty, with a hint of sweetness, but with
a lingering dry finish.
Awarded Gold Medal at IWC 2005.
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When To Drink it
As an aperitif or to accompany dishes such as cold and smoked meats or a cheese board. Perfect with spicy Asian cuisine.
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How To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle Sizes
75cl |
Strength
18.5% by volume |
Grape Variety
Palomino Fino |
Other
Señor Lustau Solera Reserva Brandy
de Jerez and Señor Lustau Solera Gran Reserva Brandy
de Jerez
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Description
The Lustau brandies are increasingly receiving
international recognition.
Maturation for many years in Oloroso sherry casks in the
town of Jerez de la Frontera gives a distinctive mellow
bouquet with hints of wood.
Two classic Jerez brandies, dark in colour with rich,
smooth flavours and a taste of maturity and richness.
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When
To Drink it
As a digéstif but also enjoyed with a mid-morning coffee. |
How
To Serve it
Serve in a brandy glass |
Bottle
Sizes
70cl |
Strength
40% by volume |
Lustau Sherry Wine Vinegar 1/24
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Description
Probably the world's finest vinegar, it is made exclusively
from sherry wine and is matured in oak casks in the traditional
solera system.This is a traditionally concentrated vinegar,
pungent on the nose and very intense to taste. |
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When
To Drink it
Use sparingly as a dressing with the finest olive oils,
in salads, or in cooking. |
Bottle
Sizes
75cl, 37.5cl |
Strength
7% |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
Lustau Moscatel De Chipiona
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Description
Very pale in colour. Intense floral and fruit aromas,
characteristic of the Moscatel grape. Sweet, fresh and
pleasantly fruity on the palate, this wine has excellent
balance with a natural acidity. Awarded Silver Medal
at the IWC 2006. |
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When
To Drink it
Perfect with foie gras, fruit desserts, etc. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature, or slightly chilled,
as a dessert wine |
Bottle
Sizes
“Rhine” bottle, white glass, 75 cl |
Strength
15% |
Grape
Variety
100 per cent moscatel grapes, cultivated in the Chipiona
area, at Lustau’s vineyard named “Las Cruces”,
which, because of its southerly coastal exposure and sandy
soils, is excellent for optimizing the quality, natural
sugar, ripeness and freshness of the Moscatel grape. |
Lustau Solera Reserva “Tintilla
De Rota” (USA only)
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Description
A unique wine produced from grapes grown in the sandy
soils around the town of Rota, in the Jerez production
zone. Viscous, with an unmistakeable dark reddish colour.
Redolent of ripe fruit. Rich, sweet, velvety and soft
in the mouth, well balanced, with a long finish, showing
the wine's great age. |
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When
To Drink it
With rich desserts, cakes and pastries, or pour a little
over the best quality vanilla ice cream. This wine can also
accompany a cheese course, or simply serve as a digestif
for the sweet-toothed. |
How
To Serve it
Serve at cool room temperature |
Bottle
Sizes
Exclusive Lustau bottle, 75 cl |
Strength
17% |
Grape
Variety
Known as "Tinta" this is a black grape, which
is unusual for wines from this area. |
Lustau Finest Pale Cream Sherry
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Description
Lightly sweetened Fino Sherry with a medium-sweet flavour.
Gold in colour, with a crisp aroma and sweet taste. |
Picture to come
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When
To Drink it
As an apéritif or to accompany foie gras, salmon
or light desserts. |
How
To Serve it
Serve chilled |
Bottle
Sizes
75 cl. “jerezana” bottle |
Strength
17.5% |
Grape
Variety
Palomino Fino |
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