González Byass

Tío Pepe en Rama

Spain, Jerez-Sherry

2025

Now in its 16th year, Tío Pepe en Rama is a wild, unfiltered expression of the palomino grape, flor ageing, and Jerez's albariza soils. Made from a selection of 92 casks, the 2025 vintage dials up the yeast influence, giving it amplified salty, nutty aromas that make it a perfect pairing for tapas.

Tío Pepe En Rama is González Byass' purest expression of fino, bottled each spring from a special selection of casks chosen for their intense flor activity. The 2025 edition was drawn from 92 casks across the historic Macharnudo and Carrascal soleras. Bottled unfiltered and unclarified, the wine shows a naturally hazy appearance and heightened aromatic complexity – chalk, iodine, toasted almond, lemon zest and chamomile.

On the palate it is bone‑dry, saline and vibrant, shaped entirely by biological ageing under a thick, healthy flor encouraged by a mild winter and humid autumn. En Rama releases are produced in small quantities, inspired by how finos were historically served straight from the cask. This limited bottling captures the most vivid expression of the Tío Pepe house style, prized for its freshness, pungency, and gastronomic versatility.

Tasting
NOTES

Golden in the glass, the nose leads with notes of yeast, hay, bread dough, baked yellow apples, toasted almonds and roasted hazelnuts from the flor ageing. The same notes are echoed on the bone-dry palate along with orange zest, preserved lemons and olive brine. Fresh and nutty, saline and salty, it's a delicate dance of flavours wrapped around lively acidity that rounds out the crispness of the wine. The finish is long, salty and moreish.

Food
PAIRINGS

This salt-licked sherry is made for tapas. Try it with shrimp tortilla, anchovies marinated in vinegar, salt and pepper squid, jamón Ibérico or salted almonds.