This release, La Bota #114, comprises 55 & 85-year-old Palomino Fino from the 2021 vintage (corresponding to the Roman numerals in the wine’s name) planted in the albariza soils of the esteemed Miraflores la Baja vineyard in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It is both delicate and penetrating, with its classically steely manzanilla character delivered on a lighter-alcohol and more fruit-inflected frame. 11.5% alcohol; 4,200 bottles produced.

92pts Wine Advocate
I found a very young and tender 2021 La Bota de Florpower 114 MMXXI that was bottled 15 days before I tasted it. It has notes of green apples that are browning, but apparently all the Florpower wines suffer from bottling and need time. The palate shows the chalky texture, and it's what you have to check with a wine like this. It's difficult to read right now, but I'm optimistic about its development, in the style of 2018; but it's still a bit of a question mark. 4,000 bottles were filled in June 2022. Equipo Navazos keeps churning out bottlings of incredible wines of high-quality sherries. I had not tasted their wines for a while, so there were a lot of wines to taste. During the pandemic years, they celebrated their 15th anniversary and 100th new wine (either with a new name or a new vintage). I have now tasted up to their 118th wine... They have been really influential, almost inventing and recovering styles and a type of project that others are now following. They have also branched into more spirits, vermouth and even vinegar, which I didn't taste! Published: Sep 08, 2022

Appellation: Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle)
Subzone: Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Varieties: 100% Palomino (Listán)
Vineyards: Single vineyard of 55 & 85-year-old vines in the Pago de Miraflores La Baja
Soil: Albariza chalky soils
Production: 700 piddly cases
Winemaking: It was fermented spontaneously in stainless steel with 7 months in bota under flor, 6 months in sherry casks, then followed by an additional month of assembling in steel (with flor present).