It’s International Sherry Week (November 7-13): cue my annual public service announcement to remind all wine lovers that sherry is a wine worth getting to know and one with diverse sub-categories and styles. Today’s appeal presents three gorgeous winter-friendly sherries by way of evidence. In a two-for-one service, I’m throwing in an introduction to my favourite wine discovery from this year: aged white port.
A few weeks back, I spotlighted some unsung grape varieties that deserve greater attention, focusing on white wines for autumn drinking. My top pick was the intriguing Supernova Blanc ‘Moll’ from Ca’n Verdura, a tiny garage-based winery where sixth-generation Mallorcan winemaker Tomeu Llabrés works with native island varieties. Today’s follow-up swings that spotlight onto some lesser-spotted red grape varieties. These include the late-ripening Mantenegro grape which thrives in the poor rocky soils of western Mallorca, and stars in Ca’n Verdura’s red Supernova Negre.