Sobremar - Palomino (24)

Palomino Fino | 50/50 Viña La Trinidad - Pago Añína & Viña La Mendoza - Pago Cerro Pelado | Jerez de la Frontera | Albariza bodem | stokken van 1997 & 1965 | vergisting en rijping in staaltank | puur en fris | elegant ook | citrus | fijne zuren | zachte vulling | zilte plantjes | witte bloemen | energiek

Meridiano Perdido

Meridiano Perdido is het persoonlijke project van Joaquín Gómez Beser, ontstaan na ruim vijftien jaar ervaring. In de historische pagos Cerro Pelado en Añina werkt hij biologisch en vanuit een holistische visie, waarbij de wijngaard wordt gezien als een levend ecosysteem. De bodega ligt midden tussen de stokken, waar hij door middel van 'agroforestry' (boslandbouw) de biodiversiteit vergroot. Zijn vier Vinos de Pasto en recent gelanceerde Fino zoeken naar een eerlijke, pure expressie van het terroir, met respect voor de traditie en cultuur van de Sherry-regio.

Review

The 2023 Sobremar is a village unfortified white trying to show the texture of Jerez, a bright, clean, precise, expressive and elegant wine with character, nice balance and a tender mouthfeel, which seems to be the house style. It comes in at 12% alcohol with a pH of 3.3 and 5.5 grams of acidity, balanced, fresh and very pleasant. It's very nicely priced too. Half of the grapes are from Viña la Trinidad in Pago de Añina and half are from Viña la Mendoza in Pago Cerro Pelado, fermented in stainless steel and bottled unoaked. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023, and it's evolving very slowly and with harmony. 92+/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Meridiano Perdido is a small family project started in 2019 by winemaker Joaquín Gómez Beser, a veteran in the wineries in Jerez -Miguel Domecq and the Cooperativa Vinícola de Trebujena. They have 27 hectares of vineyards in Pago Cerro Pelado and Pago Añina, and the range has grown. I bumped in to him in a wine bar in Jerez and had the chance to taste a very good Palma Cortada—an old classification of the wines—that called my attention and flagged the name for further investigation and tasting of the range. He works organically in the vineyards, but the bottles don't carry certification, and the wines show precision and character.

I liked the Palma Cortada, which showed very good finesse, so I asked him to send me the rest of the wines. I'm glad I did, because they are very good. This is a name to keep on your radar screens. Production is only 25,000 bottles.