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Bodega Alucinante

Sanlúcar de Barrameda · Sherry Region

Guadalquivir palette: riverbank green

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About the winery

The wines of José Antonio Palacios, a winemaking technician who has made them in his own bodega in Sanlúcar since the summer of 2019: whites from Palomino and Moscatel, a sparkling wine by the ancestral method and an old fortified wine. He runs tastings for groups or to order.

He started in the late eighties with his friend David Mateos Cabezón, from León, and a wine called Albino; the first four hundred bottles came out at the start of this century. In 2016 they went separate ways and Palacios launched his first vintage under the Alucinante label. According to the house, its La Riparia del Abuelo won first prize in the 2023 Sanlúcar mosto competition.

Services & visits

Private tasting

Wines

Alucinante

Blanco

A natural wine of the year, from Palomino and Moscatel, with fermentation stopped by chilling: fruity and fresh, with touches of pineapple.

La Riparia del Abuelo

Blanco

Off-dry, from Palomino with a little Moscatel from Chipiona: pale yellow, smelling above all of apple.

Palotel

Espumoso

A medium-sweet white with a little sparkle, which finishes fermenting in the bottle by the ancestral method.

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