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Manzanilla de Sanlúcar 3 en Rama, 2026 Release , Bodegas Lustau

Manzanilla de Sanlúcar 3 en Rama, 2026 Release , Bodegas Lustau

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalucía, Spain

Released just once a year, these Lustau sherries are bottled 'En Rama' – raw and unfiltered – directly from the cask. Cellar master Sergio Martínez uses his 14 years of expertise to select only the finest biologically aged casks, waiting until April, when the humid winter and wet spring allow the 'flor' yeast to reach its peak thickness. This uncompromising approach ensures the sherry is captured at its absolute best, offering an authentic experience akin to tasting directly from the cask in Lustau’s historic bodegas.

Lustau is the only producer operating across all three towns of the Sherry triangle: Jerez, El Puerto de Santa Maria, and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. This allows them to release a unique trio of En Rama sherries – Fino de Jerez, Fino del Puerto, and Manzanilla de Sanlúcar – highlighting the distinct microclimates of each area. While best enjoyed fresh to appreciate their salty delicacy, these wines can be kept for months as they evolve into nuttier flavours.

The 2026 En Rama Manzanilla de Sanlúcar is bright lemon-gold in the glass, with an intensely fresh aroma of chamomile, fennel, toasted almond and dried herbs. Hints of hay and honey sit beneath a vivid coastal salinity, giving this spring release an aromatic, wonderfully untamed personality.

The palate is bone-dry, crisp and beautifully balanced, with almond, herbs and a savoury sea-spray character carried through a long, gently bitter finish. Bottled directly from selected casks when the flor was at its most vigorous, it offers all the energy and immediacy of tasting Manzanilla in the bodega. A thrilling aperitif and a brilliant introduction to the intensity of en rama Sherry.

Pairs with: Fresh oysters, sea bass ceviche, anchovies, jamón ibérico, salted almonds, sushi or crisp fried fish.

Lustau’s 3 en Rama collection captures the different personalities of Jerez, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. This Manzanilla is the most maritime of the trio, shaped by the humid Atlantic air and Guadalquivir estuary that encourage a particularly thick, persistent layer of flor.

Whats in the bottle
100% Palomino

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Lustau began in 1896 when José Ruiz-Berdejo started making wine from his family’s vineyards and selling it to larger Sherry houses as an almacenista. His daughter, María Ruiz-Berdejo Alberti, moved the family soleras into Jerez in 1931, while her husband, Emilio Lustau Ortega, later gave the house its name and began bottling wines under its own labels.

Now part of the family-owned Luis Caballero group, Lustau remains one of Sherry’s most innovative and trusted producers. Its principal wines mature in six restored 19th-century bodegas in central Jerez, where cathedral-like ceilings and traditional albero floors help regulate temperature and humidity naturally.

Lustau is unique in maintaining and releasing wines from all three towns of the Sherry Triangle: Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. This allows the house to show how local climate shapes biologically aged Sherry with unusual clarity. Cellar master Sergio Martínez oversees the soleras and selects the individual casks for the annual 3 en Rama releases. His deep knowledge of flor ageing and the house’s extensive stocks gives customers confidence that every bottle combines authenticity with exceptional precision.

Made from 100% Palomino and matured in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, this Manzanilla spent an average of five years ageing biologically beneath a living veil of flor in American oak casks. The town’s position beside the Guadalquivir estuary brings persistent humidity and Atlantic breezes, encouraging a thicker and more active layer of flor than is usually found inland.

The wetter, more variable winter preceding the 2026 release maintained high humidity in Sanlúcar, supporting a particularly persistent and uniform flor layer. In spring, cellar master Sergio Martínez selected the most expressive casks from the solera as the flor reached its seasonal peak.

The wine was drawn directly from cask and bottled without filtration or additional treatment, preserving its natural texture, aroma and savoury intensity. Released in a 50cl bottle. Alcohol: 15%. Serve well chilled at 7 to 9°C and refrigerate after opening.

The winter of 2026 developed with a wetter and more variable pattern compared to the average of previous years. In El Puerto, yeast activity showed a more regular development, supported by higher ambient humidity and mild temperature conditions. The recurring rainfall in February and March encouraged the consolidation of a balanced and active flor veil, allowing for continuous biological interaction. In Jerez, the evolution of the flor was progressive and steady throughout the winter, enabling finos to retain their characteristic balance between sharp, penetrating notes and structured depth. Meanwhile, in Sanlúcar, high humidity levels and maritime influence fostered a more persistent and uniform flor, reflected in manzanilla wines with enhanced freshness and impeccable balance.