Osborne RARE Sherry Oloroso Solera BC 200 is an elegant fortified wine, with extraordinary complexity and intensity, belonging to the Rare old wines collection from Bodegas Osborne. Its foundational solera, established in 1864, consisted of 3 soleras (A -sold to the court of Tsar Alexander III of Russia-, B and C -owned by the winery-) and 200 casks. With an average aging of 40 years, this Oloroso has a small contribution of old PX that endowed it with unctuosity and concentration. A gem.
Serving temperature
Type of wine
Grape variety
88% Palomino Fino, 12% Pedro Ximénez
Type of barrel
American oak boots
Type of bottle
Sherry
Barrel aging time
40 years on average
Capacity (cl)
50
Total acidity (g/l)
6
Sugar
50
pH
3.2
Alcohol content (% vol.)
22
Beautiful dark mahogany color, with reddish reflections, bright and transparent.
On the nose, it is a wine with great style and extraordinary aromatic complexity, very powerful. Tertiary aromas stand out, coming from a prolonged aging in fine oak wood. Notes of toasted oak, vanilla, walnut, chocolate, and raisins appear.
On the palate, it is a wine of high expressiveness, with a smooth and slightly sweet entry, velvety, full-bodied, broad, and flavorful. Notes of old oak wood and raisins also stand out. Infinite persistence.
With 250 years of history, Bodegas Osborne is one of the most important wine sector business groups in Spain and is internationally recognized for producing high-quality wines. The origins of Osborne date back to the late 18th century (1772), when a young English merchant, Thomas Osborne Mann, arrived in the Cádiz region to trade the finest wines of the area.
Thomas Osborne, originally from Exeter (England), decided to settle in El Puerto de Santa María, where he acquired several wineries to trade Jerez wines. Today, the headquarters of this great business group, which enjoys great fame and international recognition, is located in this Cádiz town. In fact, the group is among the 100 oldest active family businesses in the world.
Generation after generation, the group has demonstrated that its work is synonymous with quality and prestige. It has successfully combined family tradition with technological innovation to produce outstanding and diverse wines.
In its business portfolio, Bodegas Osborne markets wines from the most prestigious regions of the Iberian Peninsula, including Jerez, Oporto, Rioja, Rueda, and Ribera del Duero.
The winery houses the largest selection of old wines from the Marco de Jerez, renowned as VORS (Very Old Rare Sherry) by the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin.
Additionally, in its own wineries, it produces finos, manzanillas, amontillados, olorosos, and sweet wines, all crafted under the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Another highlight is the 1973 acquisition of Bodegas Montecillo, the third-oldest winery in the renowned Rioja region. Similarly, it operates in the areas of Malpica de Tajo and Cádiz under the geographical indications of Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla and Vinos de la Tierra de Cádiz.
But Osborne's empire is not limited to wine. In the 1960s, the advertising campaign for Brandy Veterano became iconic, featuring large roadside billboards across Spain with the now-famous silhouette of the great