Valdespino Oloroso Don Gonzalo VOS (50cl)
£40.75
The wine
Mahogany coloured, with caramel, toasted almonds and dried apricots. Very expressive and complex, with good acidity and a very long, persistent finish.
Don Gonzalo is an oloroso fortified to 18%, high enough that flor never forms, so the wine ages oxidatively throughout. VOS certifies an average age of twenty years or more, audited by the Consejo Regulador. Fermented in 600-litre American oak butts, which Valdespino still use where nearly all of Jerez has moved to stainless steel.
The producer
Valdespino
View all Valdespino winesValdespino is one of the oldest and most revered names in Jerez, a sherry house whose roots reach back centuries. It is celebrated above all for its single-vineyard bottlings and its refusal to compromise, making sherries of a purity and depth that connoisseurs treasure.
The jewel is the great albariza vineyard of Macharnudo Alto, source of the Inocente Fino, one of the last Finos still fermented in cask. Elsewhere the house draws on ancient soleras for Amontillados, Palo Cortados and Olorosos of extraordinary age, alongside a decadently sweet Pedro Ximénez.
From the bone-dry, saline Inocente and sea-fresh Manzanilla Deliciosa to the profound VOS bottlings and the sherry-based Herencia vermouth and quina, the range is a masterclass in the diversity of Jerez.
Historic, uncompromising and endlessly rewarding, Valdespino is sherry at its most serious. Discover a true benchmark of the region.






