Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano NO20230809 A rich and creamy style

A rich and creamy style Calvados

From the producer: Vines covering 40 acres planted in 1943-1944

gaining nuance the whole way

sparkling profile

one of the great Champagne years

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano NO20230809 A rich and creamy styleBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back