Mas Amiel Fortified Dessert Wine Vintage 2015 – Vin Doux Naturel 20 Ans D’Âge – Demi-John Aged 20 Year AOC Maury, France

Dessert wines from Maury are unique in a number of ways. The vineyards are planted on hills of schist and black marl, providing the wines with a distinct minerality and concentration seldom seen in fortified wines. The wines are also fermented and aged in unconventional ways. The Vintage 2015, after fortification, is aged in an oxygen-free environment, allowing the wine to develop optimum freshness and fruit intensity — very similar to young vintage port with smoother tannins.

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Bodegas Valdehermoso Lagar del Rey Verdejo Nava del Rey, Rueda, Spain

Bodegas Valdehermoso is a perfect example of the kind of property and producer I look for during my buying trips to Europe. The Bodegas is way off the beaten path — literally out in the middle of nowhere — and without the glitzy, glamourous building like most of the famous names in the region.

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