Palomino

Albariza, salinity, and Jerez tradition

Palomino is one of the most important white grape varieties in southern Spain and the main protagonist of the Jerez region. For centuries, it has been linked to fortified wines such as Fino, Manzanilla, Amontillado, and Oloroso, where its discreet profile and ability to transmit the soil make it a fundamental grape.

Unlike highly aromatic varieties, Palomino stands out for its elegant neutrality. This apparent simplicity allows the wine to clearly express the landscape where it is born, especially the albariza soils, characteristic of Jerez: white, calcareous, porous, and capable of retaining moisture in a dry, luminous climate.

Historically, Palomino became established in Jerez due to its adaptation to the climate, its natural balance, and its excellent behavior in biological and oxidative aging processes. It is a grape that does not seek to impose itself through aromatic intensity, but rather through texture, salinity, freshness, and its ability to reflect its origin.

In recent years, Palomino has also gained prominence in the so-called vinos de pasto or still wines of the Jerez region. These are dry, unfortified wines that offer a more direct interpretation of the vineyard, the albariza soil, and the Atlantic influence. They present fresh, mineral, saline, and very gastronomic profiles.

Producers like Flequi Berruti, with his Le Fleq project, are part of this new approach to Palomino: wines that respect the Jerez tradition, but interpret it with a contemporary sensibility, focusing on the vineyard, the soil, and freshness.

At VinNatura, we are interested in Palomino for its ability to unite history and modernity: a discreet, profound, and very gastronomic grape, capable of expressing, like few others, the character of albariza and the Atlantic south.