Valdespino Ynocente Fino is a dry, single-vineyard Sherry made from Palomino Fino grown in Macharnudo Alto. This 375ml half bottle offers a concentrated expression of Jerez, with pronounced salinity, chalky intensity and an austere, mineral structure.
Producer & Vineyard
Valdespino’s flagship Fino comes from...Show More >
Valdespino Ynocente Fino is a dry, single-vineyard Sherry made from Palomino Fino grown in Macharnudo Alto. This 375ml half bottle offers a concentrated expression of Jerez, with pronounced salinity, chalky intensity and an austere, mineral structure.
Producer & Vineyard
Valdespino’s flagship Fino comes from Macharnudo Alto, a vineyard distinguished by its pure white albariza soils. Fermentation takes place in 600-liter wooden casks without added yeasts, a traditional approach that sets the wine apart.
Tasting Notes
Iodine and salt mingle with ripe white fruit, nuts and exotic spices. Dry and firmly structured, the wine’s stony character and saline intensity make it a compelling companion to seafood.
Expert Review ·
Wine & Spirits, 95 Points | Inocente is Valdespino’s flagship, a wine from the Macharnudo Alto vineyard, where the soil is pure white albariza. It ferments in 600-liter wooden casks without added yeasts, a practice that has become increasingly rare in Jerez. The intensity of the wine’s salinity is remarkable—iodine and salt—coming together with ripe white fruit, scents of nuts and exotic spices. The structure is dry and austere, like drinking the juice of stones. This will last for a decade in the cellar, but it’s impossible to hold onto a bottle if there’s raw seafood nearby.
Historical Expert Review · Autumn 2016 Magnum Bottling
The following review concerns a special magnum release, not the current 375ml bottling.
Robert Parker, 94+ Points | As with many other wines from the José Estévez group, there is a special bottling of Valdespino's flagship NV Fino Inocente in magnum, but in this case they have kept the bottles for six months as the wine is from the saca otoño 2016, the autumn bottling from 2016. So the wine is offered with some extra bottle age. It has all that you expect from Inocente, a long aging wine fermented in bota from grapes grown exclusively in the Macharnudo Alto vineyard and bottled with an average age of ten years. All the textbook aromas and flavors are there, coupled with the elegance and mineral intensity the Macharnudo white chalky soils provide. Customers who purchase one of this scarce magnums probably know Inocente already. This will have a longer development in bottle.
Pairing & Serving Suggestions
Serve chilled with oysters, raw seafood, grilled shrimp, olives or salted almonds.
Details
Producer: Valdespino
Wine: Ynocente Fino
Country: Spain
Region: Andalucía
Appellation: Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
Vineyard: Macharnudo Alto
Grape: Palomino Fino
Type: Fino Sherry
Style: Dry
Size: 375ml half bottle
Soil: White albariza
Fermentation: 600-liter wooden casks, without added yeasts
