Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT Le Mont Aimé and Le

Le Mont Aimé and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

supple style with the gravelly Graves signature

The result is joyful and a little wild

fresh and delicious

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano EARHARDT Le Mont Aimé and LeBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back