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Luis Perez 'La Escribana' Palomino de Pasto 2022
DOZEN: $961.20 or $80.10 each
Really attractive nose with a steely touch to the honeysuckle and honeyed citrus. Dry and creamy in texture and mouthfeel, with bright acidity which is not common for palomino. Long, chalky finish. Very precise. This will age well over 8-10 years. Drink now or hold. (95) ZEKUN SHUAI, JamesSuckling.com
A Vino de Pasto from the laminated Albarizas Barajuelas of Pago Macharnudo. It's aged in 80 year-old bota with 12 months under velo de flor. It's 13.5% natural ABV (no soleo used). 'La Escribana' is a single parcela wine, facing south-east and at 100metres altitude (one of the highest in Marco de Jerez). There's a green harvest, for all the normal reasons, but which also gives a reserve 'green wine' which Willy uses to correct acidity naturally, and add finesse. 'La Escribana' is 'the writer', perhaps a chalk board medium for the illiterate, a translator, documentor, faithful witness.
The wine is a new stop along the Palominos-Finos continuum. As we often find with Spanish, there's a Japanese connection. It's a wine of green bamboo washed by billy tea, of pistachio skin sake. It's Japanese like barely beer witha rice lining.