1964 Brotons Fondillón Gran Reserva (Bottled in 2024) - Alicante - 2 Bottles (0.75L)

20/20 Jancis Robinson! This is not Solera Wine: 100% of the wine is from the vintage 1964. This year is unanimously considered as the best of the 20th century in Spain.

20/20 Jancis Robinson: “Have you ever tasted a better pass of time? Do you know what long ageing tastes like? If you want to experience time in your glass, this is the wine you must taste. The Brotons 1964 Fondillón is a unique wine –complex, perfect and exciting. Personally, giving 20 points to a wine gives me a bit of vertigo. I do not want to enter into philosophical arguments whether perfection exists or not, or if a wine can be perfect. But, tasting Brotons’ wine, I ask myself a question: what can be asked of this wine to be better? Sincerely, I don´t know".

Bottled in February 2024 directly from the cask. Aged for 60 years: 1964 - 2024.
Bottle in outstanding conditions: maximum filling level, very clean red-pale color, new capsule, readable label. Fully mature and therefore drinking well now, or cellar for next 50-100 years. A wine to cellar for decades!!!

Aged in centenary Spanish oak casks with lots of sediment from previous ancient Fondillón wines, which are considered by the winery owners to be an important part of the wine's "terroir". During the first 2-3 years the wine was analyzed cask by cask once every 2 months, to test its storage potential. Aged for 60 years, until now!

Fondillón is one of Europe’s most historic wines, a unique 'Rancio' wine made exclusively from over-ripe Monastrell grapes grown in the region of Alicante. Unlike Sherry and Port, which are fortified by the addition of alcohol, this is achieved due to the naturally high level of sugar which is converted to alcohol during fermentation.

In the 18th century, Fondillón from Alicante was one of the most famous and prestigious wines in the world, it was more highly valued than the wines of Sauternes, Sherry and Port. It was said to have been a favourite of Louis XIV of France and Elizabeth I of England and would have been on the menus of banquets in other royal households. It was mentioned in the writings of Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo’ also Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, where it is called Alicante, as it was also known. The demise of Fondillón was a result of the destruction of the vineyards by the phylloxera louse in the late 19th century.

*** All international parcels are shipped with the highest standards of quality: through the premium “UPS International Express”, the fastest service against signature provided by the courier. Packed in a special wine box officially certified by UPS / DHL. Bottles are packed individually, one by one, and wrapped in a 3 layers bubble wrap. Due to the nature of the wine and the value of the products all lots are shipped with insurance coverage. ***