Fino La Janda (Sherry)

Three serious Sherries from Spain — bone-dry, food-ready, and built around real Jerez character. Fino La Janda brings flor, almond, yeast, and savory lift. Manzanilla La Jaca adds the sea-salt freshness of Sanlúcar. Oloroso Alburejo goes deeper: dry, oxidative, nutty, mahogany-colored, and aged an average of 15 years.

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Place: Jerez, Andalucía, Spain
Grape: 100% Palomino
Sherry Style: Dry Fino
Alc: 15% ABV
Residual Sugar: <2 g/L
Average Age: 9 years. Biological ageing under flor in the traditional solera system
Driver: From a Place | By Process
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Great with:  
Sushi & Poke
Especially clean fish, seaweed, soy, cucumber, tuna, and anything with saline flavors.
Fried Chicken
The salt, crunch, and fat love the dry, nutty snap of Fino.
Dumplings, Ramen & Korean BBQ
Great with soy, sesame, mushrooms, broth, fried textures, and savory depth.
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Fino La Janda is the classic dry Sherry in the Álvaro Domecq lineup — pale gold, bright, savory, and built for food.

Made from 100% Palomino and aged an average of 9 years, this is not a simple young fino. It has the salty, almondy, yeasty edge that makes Fino one of the world’s great aperitif wines, but with extra depth and persistence from extended ageing.

The aroma is strong and direct: yeast, almonds, subtle vegetable notes, and that unmistakable dry Sherry bite. On the palate it is elegant, dry, slightly warm, and long. A wine for olives, almonds, anchovies, jamón, fried seafood, potato chips, tinned fish, sushi, and conversations that were supposed to last ten minutes but somehow become an hour.

This is Sherry as it should be understood: dry, savory, refreshing, and serious without being heavy.

Wine Term: Fino

Fino is a dry Sherry aged under a layer of yeast called flor. That biological ageing protects the wine from full oxidation and gives Fino its pale color, sharp freshness, almond note, and savory, salty character.

Why try it?

Because most people think they know Sherry — until they taste a real dry Fino.

Fino La Janda is crisp, bone-dry, nutty, salty, and incredibly useful at the table. Think less “sweet wine” and more “the perfect glass with snacks, seafood, and anything fried.”

Why buy it?

Because this bottle gives you a serious, aged Fino without making the category feel intimidating. At 9 years average age, La Janda has more depth than many entry-level Finos, while still staying bright, dry, and easy to pour.

Cellar & Serving

Serve well chilled, around white wine temperature. Once opened, keep refrigerated and drink within several days for the freshest flor-driven character.