Montearruit Amontillado Viejísimo 75 Años 37,5 cl

The NV Amontillado Viejísimo Montearruit is a revival of an old brand, a wine that yesteryear used to be bottled at 25 years old and was topped up with Fino from the Solera Fina María del Valle. They have done a small bottling of this exceptional Amontillado that I suspect must be older (the 23% alcohol is a clue), they reckon 70 to 80 years old! It has the profile of a very old wine, where sheer concentration takes away the biological notes and comes through as a very concentrated, aromatic, volatile and pungent wine with notes of noble woods and something I describe as coconut that I find in very, very old wines, like the exceptional Toneles from Valdespino or the Bota 49 from Navazos, that I associate with very old age and concentration that transcends variety and even style of wine (Toneles is super sweet and this is bone dry). The palate is pungent, with concentration and clout without being painful, meaning there is a lot of balance in an XL way to support this kind of dry extract. It lingers in your mouth minutes after you swallow. Only 250 half bottles were produced.