Valdespino Vermouth Herencia
£20.95
The wine
Bright mahogany with coppery tones. Intense spicy aromas with hints of hazelnut, orange peel and wild herbs, and a wonderful bittersweet tension on the palate.
Vermouth made on a base of sherry rather than the neutral white wine used almost everywhere else, which is why this has far more depth than the category norm. Valdespino have produced aperitif wines since the late nineteenth century, from recipes first sold as Tonics for the Sick, blending aged sherries with botanicals, fruit and bitter roots.
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.
