Bodegas Tradicion, Amontillado VORS 30 Years, NV 012926OFFER comes alive in 2015—and this

comes alive in 2015—and this organic Merlot is entering its prime

who brought in heavyweight partners from the Rhône (the Brunier family of Vieux Télégraphe) and Bordeaux (Hubert de Boüard of Château Angélus) to help shape the estate

this is exceptional mature Bordeaux value

but soft enough to keep it accessible

what survived ripened late and came in bright and precise rather than fat

Bodegas Tradicion, Amontillado VORS 30 Years, NV 012926OFFER comes alive in 2015—and thisAn Amontillado that lived two lives: roughly a decade under a veil of flor, then more than twenty years of oxidative aging in cask, for a certified VORS solera whose average age runs to about 36 years. Bodegas Tradicion is a young house with ancient contents Joaquin Rivero founded it in 1998 to revive his family's 17th century sherry firm, and rather than start from scratch he bought up old casks from Domecq, Osborne and Sandeman. Unusually for Jerez,