Equipo Navazos, La Bota 123, Vermut Seco Dry, Jerez, Spain, N/V

PRODUCER PROFILE

Equipo Navazos was born out of a group of friends’ desire to unearth some of the many treasures lying forgotten in the bodgas of Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa Maria and Montilla… wines whose age and provenance place them among the best value in the world.

These unexpected yet fortunate findings have been made available to wine lovers around the world in limited quantities under the La Bota series (consecutively numbered editions, with the date of each ‘saca’, or withdrawal, on the label)as a mark of respect for the generations of expertise and care that have gone into making these exceptional wines. Today, however, Equipo Navazos’ efforts are increasingly focused on producing their own wines, such as Florpower, which truly express the character of Sanlúcar and its unique terroir. Beyond Andalusia, they have also collaborated with winemakers of the calibre of Dirk Niepoort and Sergi Colet to develop authentic, individual Spanish wines that never fail to impress.

The white chalky soil of the Jerez area, 'albariza,' is ideal for the cultivation of Palomino grapes which produce the sherry for which Jerez is so well known. With a focus on the old vine vineyards of Mirafloes La Baja, Sanlúcar from which their Florpower wines come from. However, experience has shown them that, in the end, the vineyard always prevails regardless of the intensity and duration of ageing, which is why they increasingly tend to limit the latter more and more.

TASTING NOTE

An aromatized wine with a base of Fino from Jerez with an average age of four years that, thanks to the mastery of Eduardo Ojeda, has become an extraordinary dry white vermouth without a drop of sweetness, with elegant bitterness and a delicious citrus profile and standout grapefruit notes. Clean and complex, to be enjoyed chilled with nothing more than, perhaps, a slice of lemon or a green olive, or to make the best Dry Cocktail in the world “Dry Navazos”, especially if combined with La Bota de Gin.