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Manzanilla Maruja | Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Name: Manzanilla Maruja | Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Brand: Bodegas Juan Piñero
SKU: 591
Price: 10.41 EUR
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Manzanilla Maruja | Sanlúcar de Barrameda

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Bodegas Juan Piñero, DO Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Palomino Fino from Pago del Hornillo, Tosca Cerrada albariza soils, Jerez Superior. Fermented with native vineyard yeasts. 100% Palomino Fino.

Ten-stage solera, bottled from the second criadera; it belonged to Fernando A. de Terry and then Pedro Domecq before Juan Piñero bought it in 2000. Average age 8–9 years under a veil of flor.

Wine Identification
Manzanilla Maruja is a manzanilla produced by Bodegas Juan Piñero, located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia, Spain. It belongs to the Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda Denominación de Origen. As a non-vintage generoso wine, it represents a blended product typical of the solera system.

Origin and Winemaking
The grapes are sourced from Pago del Hornillo, a specific vineyard within Jerez Superior. The soil type is identified as Albariza Tosca Cerrada. The wine is made exclusively from Palomino Fino grapes. Vinification involves fermentation with indigenous yeasts native to the vineyard.

The aging process utilizes a solera system consisting of ten levels. The bottling is drawn from the second criadera. The average age of the wine under the veil of flor is between 8 and 9 years. Historically, this solera belonged to Fernando A. de Terry and Pedro Domecq before being acquired by Juan Piñero in 2000.

Expected Profile
As a Manzanilla aged for nearly nine years under flor, the wine exhibits characteristics of biological aging. The use of indigenous yeasts and the specific albariza soil contribute to its distinct terroir expression. The extended contact with the flor layer imparts the classic salty, almond, and herbaceous notes associated with mature Manzanillas, while the solera structure ensures consistency and complexity across vintages.

Critics' Scores and Comments
The wine has received recognition from notable guides:
Guía Peñín awarded 92 points.
The Wine Advocate (Parker) awarded 90 points.

Overall Character
Manzanilla Maruja stands as a refined example of traditional Spanish sherry production. By maintaining the historical solera previously owned by major houses like Terry and Domecq, Juan Piñero preserves a legacy of careful biological aging. The combination of high-quality albariza grapes from Pago del Hornillo and nearly a decade of flor development results in a sophisticated generoso wine that balances freshness with the depth characteristic of aged Manzanillas.

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Learn more about Bodegas Juan Piñero

The Maruja solera has had three owners. It belonged to Fernando A. de Terry, passed to Pedro Domecq, and in 2000 Juan Piñero bought it along with Domecq's old bodega on Calle Alcoba in Sanlúcar.

Juan Piñero made his money in construction and set up the bodega in 1992, starting by buying from Argueso a 3,000-square-metre cellar on Calle Trasbolsa, in the Barrio Bajo. For the first years he worked as an almacenista supplying wine to La Gitana; that arrangement ended some time ago and today he bottles under his own name.

The base wines come from the Pago del Hornillo, classified as Jerez Superior, on tosca cerrada albariza, and they ferment with the yeasts of the vineyard itself.

Manzanilla Maruja is 100% Palomino Fino and comes from a solera of ten stages; it is bottled from the second criadera, at an average age of eight to nine years under the veil of flor.

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