Barbadillo Amontillado Reliquia (375ML)

97 Points, Simon Field MW, Decanter: " Attractive old gold colour, bright and welcoming; the aromatics fill the room with Seville orange, roasted chestnut and the perfumer’s finest pot pourri; the manzanilla heritage is writ large, even after all these years, with a salty tension at the back of the palate, seamlessly melded with the hazelnut and white chocolate further forward. Winemaker Montse Molina comments on the creaminess; it is delicate yet powerful, discreet yet wonderfully persuasive… Timeless. (Drink between 2021-2050)" 01/21

98 Points, Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "There is a new saca in a new bottle format of the otherworldly NV Reliquia Amontillado, now bottled in half bottles, with a different handmade label every year (and even the back labels are personalized with the bottle number and the name of the distributors and importers, as the wines are assigned by allocation to them). The wines are very similar, stable and sustainable as long as they keep from the temptation to bottle more; they are taken in minute quantities from the barrels to maintain the extremely old average age. This has infinite concentration. Only 80 half bottles are filled each October and hit the market around Christmas. The price is for a 375-milliliter bottle." 09/22