Hidalgo La Gitana was founded in 1792 by José Pantaleón Hidalgo, who was originally from Santander in the North of Spain. Located in Jerez de la Frontera, it has grown into one of the largest, if not the largest, producers of Manzanilla sherry. Today, Hidalgo La Gitana is one of the last remaining family businesses in the region, managed in the eighth generation. The family owned vineyards are farmed organically. Read More
Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge 2017
Hidalgo Pasada Pastrana Manzanilla 750ml 6pk
I've given this a rare 20/20, a score gained by only two or three wines each year. It's the best affordable dry sherry in the world.
Rating: 20/20
Source: Matthew Jukes
Hidalgo Pasada Pastrana Manzanilla 750ml 6pk
This wine shows more maturity than your average manzanilla, as it's been aged 10-12 years in a solera. It's very complex, with lots of salty/briny flor yeast character as well as earthy, chamomile, spice and dried-herb notes. It's intense and quite full in the mouth, searingly dry and refreshingly so, with a trace of acceptable bitterness, and quite a long finish. (15% alc. At Pizarro restaurant, Bermondsey, London)
Rating: 93 Points
Source: Huon Hooke (3 May 2018)
Hidalgo Pasada Pastrana Manzanilla 750ml 6pk
Part-time jockey Javier Hidalgo keeps to a diet of watermelon and sherry in the days leading up to a race, and to be fair, what else is needed if this Manzanilla has been aged for longer than usual (pasada) and its crisp apple, hazelnut and chamomile flavours make a delicious, moreish combination for sunny spring drinking. 15.5% alc.
Rating: 93 Points
Source: Jane Parkinson, Jame Halliday Wine Companion Magazine (Oct/Nov 2018)
Hidalgo Pasada Pastrana Manzanilla 750ml 6pk
The golden-colored NV Manzanilla Pasada Pastrana is a Manzanilla produced from Palomino grapes from the Pastrana vineyard within the pago Miraflores, aged under flor, but finishing its upbringing in a semi-oxidative way as the flor weakens, starts to die off, and bottled with a total average of 12 year of age. It has a distinct nose redolent of peanuts, smoke, bitter almonds, quince and olives, combining biological and oxidative notes. The palate shows a medium- to full-bodied wine, very powerful and strongly-flavored, ending with a smoky finish. A fine nose and a powerful palate. A unique wine. 24,000 bottles are produced yearly. Drink 2013-2015.
Rating: 92 Points
Source: Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
