Bodegas Alonso

Bodegas Alonso was set up to acquire the winemaking assets of Pedro Romero S.A. A property with a total surface area of almost one hectare in the centre of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, consisting of several warehouses ideal for the ageing of manzanilla and other wines from the Xères Sherry D.O. Jerez. This building has been used for these purposes since the mid-19th century, and in recent decades has been used for ageing the solera of the manzanilla AURORA (by Pedro Romero) and various soleras of oxidative ageing wines. Together with the acquisition of this property, Bodegas ALONSO acquires around 250,000 litres of oxidative ageing wines with their respective casks (barrels), together with 20,000 litres of a white wine of long ageing in casks that was abandoned from oenological care, also owned by Pedro Romero.

In this way, Bodegas ALONSO begins its journey in the Marco de Jerez with three "encastes" of oxidative ageing wines of the highest quality and ageing of their categories. These "encastes" are made up of the very old soleras of Pedro Romero, Gaspar Florido and Fernando Méndez. The wines from these "soleras" are world-renowned and unique for their age and top quality.

On the other hand, Bodegas ALONSO has more than 13 hectares of vineyards of the best albariza (Jerez Superior) in reference vineyards such as Balbaina and Miraflores for the production of its musts that will become its manzanilla solera over time. At the same time, Bodegas ALONSO is acquiring manzanillas from almacenistas to create another solera that will complete its ageing process in its own cellars and allow it to market these wines in the first years of its existence in the Marco. Thus, the winery intends to maintain two lines of manzanilla solera: one that will come with time and in which Bodegas ALONSO will have control and traceability from the vineyard; and another that will be made up of manzanillas from soleras of wineries and almacenistas from Sanlúcar.