A Very Special Dinner with Jesús Barquín & Eduardo Ojeda of Equipo Navazos

11/2/17 -

For sherry lovers and collectors, there are no scents or flavors more mouth-watering than those created by flor yeast, no image more fascinating than a cobwebbed cask of long-lost wine, and no words more resonant than "La Bota." Eduardo Ojeda and Jesús Barquín are Equipo Navazos, the unique duo behind La Bota, a series of bottlings that explore the stylistic range of wines from Jerez and Montilla-Moriles and the connections between them. Ojeda is the technical director of Grupo Estevez, whose holdings include Valdespino in Jerez and La Guita in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Jesús Barquín is a professor of criminal law at the University of Granada, as well as one of Spain's most focused and scholarly writers on the wines of Jerez, Montilla-Moriles, and beyond.

Their partnership began in 2005, when Ojeda invited Barquín to join him for a tasting at Sánchez Ayala bodega in Sanlúcar. A solera of untouched amontillado took their breath away and they had the idea to buy a cask to distribute among their circle of wine fanatic friends. La Bota de Amontillado #1 was born. La Bota de Fino, de Pedro Ximénez, de Manzanilla, de Palo Cortado, etc. were soon to come. From its origins in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles, now with nearly 80 bottlings, Equipo Navazos extends beyond special cask selections to include some surprising collaborations: still wines from Navazos-Niepoort, stunning Colet-Navazos sparkling wines from Penedès featuring secondary fermentation spurred by flor yeast, with sherry and manzanilla dosage, and Navazos-Palazzi spirits, among others. 

We are thrilled to be joined by Jesús Barquín and Eduardo Ojeda for a special dinner on Monday, December 4th, at Racines NY. Chef Frederik Duca will prepare a multi-course pairing menu designed to pair precisely with a wide range of Equipo Navazos wines, presented by Barquín and Ojeda themselves. With guests such as these, we can guarantee enlightening company and inspiring wines! 

Tickets for dinner are available below, as well as a delicious assortment of Equipo Navazos wines -- both new releases and a few gems from earlier in the series. All item descriptions come from Equipo Navazos' website http://www.equiponavazos.com. Although it is our practice at Chambers Street to use only our own notes for the wines that we sell, Equipo Navazos' technical and historical notes are unmatched in clarity and completeness, and therefore fruitless to paraphrase.

We hope you can join us for this rare and exciting event. Cheers!

- Ariana Rolich