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Tradición 30 Year Old VORS Amontillado

Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Friday 31 December 2021 • 5 min read

sherry fortified wine Spain Andalucía

Bodegas Tradicion Amontillado solera

An extraordinary wine to end an extraordinary year.

From $39.99, €48.75, 140 Bulgarian lev, £63.56, 79 Swiss francs, 10,780 Japanese yen, 649 Danish kroner, HK$800, 599.90 Brazilian reais, SG$145, AU$160

Bodegas Tradicion - pouring sherry

For such a merry band of sherry fans as the JR.com team, I was surprised to find that in all these years there have only been 12 sherries selected as wine of the week on JancisRobinson.com and only one of those was an amontillado. Especially surprisingly considering how often we emphasise what incredibly good value sherry often is (see Jancis's most recent Favourite strong and/or sweet wines...

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