Osborne VORS Amontillado 51 1ª is made from Palomino Fino sourced from Macharnudo, a vineyard in the heart of the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry that offers powerful wines with a distinct minerality. With exquisite complexity, this superb amontillado originates from a solera founded in 1830. Its name describes its origin: from the total of 51 barrels that make up the solera, the wine is drawn from the 1ª criadera. Its elegance, power, and balance elevate it to the pinnacle of its category, thanks to a quality supported by numerous accolades from specialized critics.
Consumption features
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General features
Type of wine
Grape variety
100% Palomino Fino
Type of barrel
American oak barrels
Type of bottle
Sherry
Barrel aging time
30 years
Capacity (cl)
50
Total acidity (g/l)
7.7
Sugar
<9
pH
3.3
Alcohol content (% vol.)
19
Creators' opinion
A la vista luce un color ámbar topacio de gran brillantez, con amplios ribetes yodados. En nariz aparecen aromas complejos a madera fina y frutos secos como la avellana, muy evolucionado por su largo envejecimiento. En boca se termina de perfilar este gran vino potente y muy estructurado. Sabroso, pero con un toque de amargor lo que le aporta mucha elegancia.
The winery
Winery
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