Berry Bros. & Rudd Fine Old Rare Sherry, Manzanilla Pasada Lustau

Celebrating One Year at Pine Close (Pine Close) : From a half-bottle, this was entirely excellent, starting with an absolutely fantastic nose. Classy, complex, almost subtly so, yet expressive and insistent, the bouquet showed richly layered scents of rocky mineral, gentle washes of spice and dried herbs, roast nuts and figgy fruit along with slightly fresher apple notes. Just lovely - quite a bit gentler, more subtle than most top-end Manzanillas, yet somehow more complex and intriguing as well. The …