"En Rama" means "in the raw" which is code for the fact that this is Fino that is unfiltered and bottled straight from the cask.  It's as close as you'll get to tasting Fino straight from the cask.  This is very different to the youthful style of the Fino En Rama offered by the likes of Tio Pepe (for instance) since this incarnation is all about the combination of freshness and power.  Jan, who makes it (or perhaps more accurately for Fino "nurtures" it) reckons that it actually gets better in the bottle and therefore there's no tearing hurry to drink it immediately.

This Fino En Rama is actually a blend drawn from Soleras that result in Fernando de Castilla's Classic Fino (which is about 4 years old) and their Antique Fino (which is over 9 years old).  It is darker and richer than the Top Pepe we offered last year and sits at the complete opposite end of the Fino scale to that, almost as if it's having early thoughts about putting half a toe into the shallow end of the amontillado camp. It has real nuttiness and wonderful acidity. Complex, rich and intense.  This is the 2024 bottling.