Santa María Cream is an excellent fortified wine that stands out for its consistent bouquet, typical of the palomino grape, with raisin notes from the PX well blended with oak echoes. This velvety and sweet wine from Bodegas Osborne has an average aging of 6 years. A round and versatile wine that pairs with duck ham, foie, creamy cheeses, and even desserts.
Consumption features
Serving temperature
General features
Type of wine
Grape variety
Type of barrel
American oak boots
Type of bottle
Sherry
Barrel aging time
6 years
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
19
General Information
To produce this Santa María Cream, the palomino fino and Pedro Ximénez grapes are hand-harvested and carefully collected in small boxes. Once in the winery, they undergo a gentle pressing and the must is racked for at least 12 hours before starting alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature of 28ºC. The aging, averaging 6 years, takes place in American oak barrels, under the traditional criaderas and soleras system. The result is a wine from the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry with body, harmony, and a long, pleasant finish.
Bodegas Osborne traces its origins back to 1772, when Thomas Osborne Mann arrived in Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, to market wines from the area. Today, the winery produces wines from the best regions of Spain, such as Jerez, Oporto, Rioja, Rueda, Ribera del Duero. Additionally, it boasts the largest collection of old wines from the Marco de Jerez and enjoys great international prestige.
Tasting notes
Dark mahogany color, dense and bright to the eye.
On the nose, it is intense, persistent, with aromas of walnuts, raisins, and figs, and an elegant touch of wood.
On the palate, it is sweet, round, aromatic, and velvety. Notes of raisins, dates, and dried apricots.
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