Descripción

Moscatel Toneles es un vino dulce viejísimo y es todo un mito en sí mismo. No sólo porque es posiblemente el Moscatel más viejo del mercado (con una vejez calculada de unos 100 años), sino también porque alcanzó los codiciados 100 puntos Parker. Su nombre refiere al recipiente, que lo contiene (barricas de 1000 litros llamadas toneles) de las viejas soleras de Moscatel Promesa. Este vino único es escaso y sorprendente, lleno de embriagadores aromas que van cambiando con el paso de la horas e incluso ¡de los días! Un tesoro de valor incalculable para un auténtico coleccionista.   

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Grupo Estévez
Tipo
Dulce
Grado
15.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Moscatel
Origen
Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

Cata

Vista
Caoba con ribete verde oscuro.
Nariz
Fragante, complejo e intenso. Destacan sus notas de frutos secos, café, licor, especias y chocolate.
Boca
Envolvente, elegante y de paso largo. Encuentra un equilibrio perfecto entre dulzor y frescura.
Temperatura de servicio
12 ºC.
Consumo
Se puede guardar una vez abierto.
Maridaje
Para disfrutar solo como vino de meditación.

Viñedo y elaboración

Envejecimiento
Crianza oxidativa mínima de 80 años bajo el sistema de Soleras y Criaderas.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The NV Moscatel Toneles has reached a mythical status locally in Spain. It’s an extremely old, concentrated and powerful sweet wine that was long forgotten, because there was no market for it. The color is dark brown, almost opaque with amber-green edges. The ever-changing nose is an explosion of spices (curry and cinnamon) and noble woods, and from the sheer concentration it displays a myriad of roasted coffee, dark chocolate, balsamic herbs and even a note of coconut. After some time in the glass the roasted orange notes of Muscat come back intermixed with very spicy incense notes. Give it more time and it smells of camphor. It’s fascinating to smell it over the course of a few hours - even days. The palate is immensely concentrated, with the alcohol perfectly integrated and the extreme sweetness compensated by a piercing acidity that reminds me of some century-old Madeiras. It ends with an acute coffee note. The aftertaste is eternal. It is exceptional that such an old wine (it could be over 80 years of average age) keeps the freshness and balance, but when this happens, the wine is exceptional. A world-class sweet wine that shows what aged Muscat is able for. With its 430 grams of residual sugar, this wine is indestructible, but only 100 bottles are withdrawn and bottled yearly from a single, large cask. Drink 2013-2034.

 

James Suckling:

The 3 Toneles Moscatel has an explosive nose of tar and figs, together with orange peel and smoky aromas, such as palo santo. Really complex and overwhelming aromatics that defy punctual description. An expansive, balsamic wine with an unctuous, luscious and creamy, mouth-coating texture. There are lots of chocolate flavors, too. All these marked flavors dissolve into a pronounced sense of acidity, finishing almost austere and dry. The palate goes on and on, absorbing you completely. This extravagant wine is aged in a Criadera system; only 200 half-bottles are released every year. It has an average age of 100 years. With approximately 450 g/l of residual sugar and 15% alcohol, but paradoxically, as the wine gets more concentrated with age, the sugar increases and the alcohol decreases.