Advertising Poster Florido Portoles Jerez Wine Spain

Original vintage advertising poster for Florido Portoles Gran Vino Sanlucar de Barrameda wine, featuring an illustration of a bull raging towards matador's red muletta cape, alongside a large bottle of Florido Portoles wine, set over red and white background. Manzanilla is a variety of fino sherry made around the port of Sanlucar de Barrameda, in the province of Cadiz, Andalusia (Spain), and is produced under the Spanish Denominacion de Origen Protegida (DOP) of Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Barrameda DOP. In Spanish, chamomile infusion is called "manzanilla", and thus this wine gets the name because the wine's flavour is said to be reminiscent of such infusion. The sherry is manufactured using the same methods as a fino and results in a very pale, dry wine. It is often described as having a salty flavour, believed to develop from its being manufactured on the sea estuary of the Guadalquivir river. Sanlucar de Barrameda's cool temperatures and high humidity contribute to a higher yield of flor yeast than in Jerez or El Puerto de Santa Marà a. The thicker cap of flor better protects the wine from contact with the air, resulting in a fresher, more delicate flavour than other varieties of fino. It is typically aged for five years in a solera, but some types may be aged longer. Poor condition, paper losses, folds, staining, browning, pinholes, ink on image. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 70x49, year of printing: 1960s.