Daniel Bloom

8.9

2024 vintage.
Definitely for acidity fans.
We took a quick turn from Montilla-Moriles a couple nights ago ( Oloroso) to Sanlúcar ( heck, it shot up to 78° here). With fried fresh fish, a nice palate cleansing quaffer(11.5°)Seashore, Salinity, Granny smith’s, chalky as the soil. Not the most complex drink but we’re not asking. What these wines provide is a glimpse into a lost ( becoming revived) world of the “ Sherry Triangle “, and the over 100 grape varieties that were lost to commerce and the sweet Sherry trade. We’re drinking table wine as if we were there in the mid 1800’s. It’s nice to have winemakers such as Ramiro Ibáñez working to restore some of what was lost.
2 days later it’s a fine, more rounded quaff. The sharp edges gone, and therefore the impression of depth increased. Nice showing. — 13 days ago

Mike Smith

Owner/Winemaker Myriad Cellars

9.4

Drank at Ramiro Restaurant in Lisbon. Easy on the wallet and amazing seafood. Green wine with local razor clams. Yum. — 8 years ago

Andrew Miller

9.0

Amelia said taste like a Manhattan. Flavorful. Smoky. — 9 years ago

J Kuo

9.1

Cervejaria Ramiro Lisboa — a year ago

Martinez

9.1

Fresh, elegant Manzanilla by Sherry legends Ramiro Ibañez and Willy Perez, who recently joined forces to preserve the historic brand Manuel Antonio de la Riva. 100% Palomino from Pago de Miraflores Baja, fermented in stainless steel and aged under flor for about 3 years. Yeast and almond aromas and flavors, with hints of olives. Dry, saline, sapid, very tasty. Quite intense. Long finish. Excellent — 5 years ago

Mike Smith

Owner/Winemaker Myriad Cellars

9.1

Drank at Ramiro Restaurant in Lisbon. Easy on the wallet and amazing seafood. — 8 years ago

Felipe Ferreiro

Sommelier/Wine Director Restaurante Las Rias Bajas

9.5

Espectacular!!!! Ramiro Ibáñez crea un px q lo tiene todo... Dorado brillante, potencia en nariz notas ahumadas, manzana asada, avellana. En boca dulce de entrada, paso meloso y final con acidez y largo largo largo!!! #vinazo — 10 years ago

Martinez

9.3

Another amazing “almacenista” wine by Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Pérez, from a small solera of 20 casks they bought from a small producer. Grapes were sourced from a small plot in the Cerro de los Cuadrados, within the Pago Balbaína Alta, located between Jerez and El Puerto de Santa María, not far from the coast (hence marked by the Atlantic influence).They selected 5 casks (with an estimated age of 15-18 years) for this bottling and left the rest to make Amontillado. Intense nose, notes of yeast, sea breeze. Elegant, concentrated, great texture. — 2 years ago

Martinez

9.0

Unfortified 100% Palomino from the Pago de Matalian vineyard in Chiclana, the southernmost point within the Jerez wine region, on Spain’s Atlantic coast. Fermented in old Sherry casks and aged for 24 months without flor.

Because the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry appellation requires its wines to be aged in bodegas within the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda (the so-called “Sherry triangle”) growers outside these three towns traditionally relied on large bodegas in Jerez to have their wines aged and sold (under different brands). As sherry sales declined, prices paid to these growers became unsustainable and most vineyards in towns like Chiclana were abandoned (from the nearly 3,725 documented in the 1890s, only 139 remain). A partnership of Ramiro Ibáñez and Primitivo Collantes, Socaire is a commendable effort to preserve Chiclana’s winemaking tradition and to revive almost forgotten wine styles (such as dry, unfortified white wines) that were common in the region before the advent of the solera system. — 5 years ago

Tony Lalli

9.6

Outstanding — 9 years ago