La Bota de Florpower 114 MMXXI
Freshness and balance in equal parts
La Bota de Florpower Nº 107 MMXX is an unfortified white wine made from the palomino fino grape variety, sourced from vineyards located in Pago Miraflores la Baja, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. With a gentle aging under flor, less than in previous vintages, Equipo Navazos achieves in this wine a perfect balance and freshness.
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General features
Type of wine
Grape variety
100% Palomino Fino
Type of barrel
American oak barrels
Barrel aging time
6 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
Junio de 2022
Alcohol content (% vol.)
11.5
General Information
La Bota de Florpower 114 MMXXI is a single-varietal white wine made from palomino fino, unfortified, and crafted under the close supervision of Equipo Navazos in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. After fermentation, the wine undergoes a 6-month biological aging process in American oak casks and is then transferred to a stainless steel tank, where it remains until bottling, with the more subtle presence of flor yeast.
Equipo Navazos is deeply interested in the potential of biological aging under flor at natural alcohol levels, without fortification. Hence, their various aging experiments both in cask and tank with palomino fino and pedro ximénez wines from different vineyards in the Jerez and Montilla-Moriles regions.
With their pursuit of this style of wines, like La Bota de Florpower 114 MMXXI, Equipo Navazos aims to achieve the perfect balance between the personality imparted by the biological aging process with the influence of flor yeast and the freshness represented by the vineyard. A wine that pairs ideally with all kinds of appetizers, grilled vegetables, smoked dishes, white meat with herbs and spices.
Tasting notes
Golden yellow color, with a dense tear, clean and bright.
Clean nose with aromatic subtlety, presenting notes of dried flowers, nuts, sweet spices with citrus and dairy touches, and a mineral background.
On the palate, its power and precision become more evident, complemented by freshness and intensity. It has a fluid passage and a certain acidity for wines of this type, with finesse and elegance. The finish reveals floral notes with a touch of maturity.
The winery
Winery
The Equipo Navazos project was born to bring joy to those passionate about traditional Andalusian wines, which are among the great wines of the world. It originates from the shared passion of a large number of lovers and connoisseurs of Andalusian fortified wines, those gems hidden in the cellars of Jerez, Sanlúcar, El Puerto, Montilla, or their surroundings, which they feel the need to recover.
In 2005, Equipo Navazos began selecting some of these wine casks based on their own parameters and characteristics, seeking special complexity and finesse. Once the cask was chosen, they bottled these wines in very limited series for a group of enthusiasts of these wines from Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Their philosophy is to bottle small batches of wines with unique characteristics acquired from the cellars of Jerez and Montilla-Moriles under the designation "La Bota de …". They imitate a model used by independent whisky distributors. What makes them different is that they select very limited series of a product that has nothing to do with trends, guided by their tastes and principles, but which ultimately succeeds. An example of this was when they began in 2005. The Sánchez Ayala cellar had 64 unsold casks of an amontillado wine that had been aging since 1986. Eduardo Ojeda and Jesús Barquín (the leading figures of Equipo Navazos), along with a few dozen friends, acquired one of those 64 casks, which amounted to more than 600 bottles of that wine.
Since 2007, a small quantity of bottles from each edition has started to be released for the general public. Among these, we find gems such as La Bota de Amontillado "Navazos", La Bota de Fino "Macharnudo Alto", La Bota de Palo Cortado "Bota Punta", La Bota de Manzanilla…
The snowball has continued to grow, and the number of bottles in circulation has increased, but within artisanal limits. Only a few thousand bottles at most; sometimes just a few hundred. Equipo Navazos has become increasingly involved in earlier stages, collaborating with winegrowers during the production phase, even in the vineyard itself, and has even partnered with some of them to produce specific wines or brandies.