After far too long, we are thrilled to have the sublime sherries and sparkling wines of Fernando Angulo back on our shores.
From a tiny bodega in the windswept town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Fernando produces thoughtful, original wines that redefine the sherry triangle. Originally from Ronda, Fernando developed a love of wine in his youth, and long fascinated by the history of sherry and its importance to Andalucía, in 2012 he moved to Sanlúcar to see what might be possible if he were able to harness the potential of a marriage of grape and place lauded for centuries.
In the hills outside of town, old vines of Palomino are planted on gentle slopes over the region’s chalky ‘albariza’ soils. Under the heat of the Andalusían sun, not so far from where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean, this bleached landscape provides a dramatic setting for the growing of grapes.
Having spent the past decade exploring the region’s pagos, Fernando settled on a hectare of old vines in ‘La Charanga’, a parcel within Pago Mahina which he believes to be the best in the region. The warm, arid climate and stiff Levante winds allow him to work without any treatments at all, leaving nature to thrive.
In the bodega, he is self taught, following his intuition to produce what are truly genre-defying wines. He ages his sparkling wines sur lattes, and sherries in large old botas, disgorging or filling bottles from casks in small lots when he feels the wine is ready. Made in tiny quantities, with no additions, these are wines of striking purity that show the region in a different guise.
We have only a handful of bottles of some of these wines, and we expect they will not last long.
Fernando’s wines are now available on Tutto a Casa