Santa Maria Cream
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses, traditional Spanish flan, or served chilled over ice with a slice of orange.
✨ Technical Specifications
Bodegas Osborne, established in 1772 by English merchant Thomas Osborne Mann in El Puerto de Santa María, is one of Spain's oldest and most iconic wine houses, famous worldwide for its silhouette of the bull. The 'Santa Maria Cream' is a classic sweet Sherry that pays homage to this historic port city, which forms one of the three vertices of the famous Sherry Triangle. Crafted by blending dry, oxidatively aged Oloroso Sherry (made from Palomino Fino grapes) with naturally sweet Pedro Ximénez, this wine undergoes traditional aging in American oak casks using the Solera and Criadera system. The result is a rich, mahogany-hued wine that beautifully marries the nutty, toasted character of Oloroso with the luscious, dried-fruit sweetness of PX, representing centuries of Andalusian winemaking heritage and the tempering maritime influence of the Bay of Cádiz.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1772 by English merchant Thomas Osborne Mann, Bodegas Osborne stands as one of the most storied and enduring dynastic houses in the Marco de Jerez. Headquartered at the historic Bodega de Mora in El Puerto de Santa María, the house benefits from a coastal microclimate shaped by the Guadalete estuary and cooling Atlantic poniente breezes, which temper humidity and foster dynamic biological and oxidative maturation. While Palomino Fino and Pedro Ximénez grapes originate primarily from the white, moisture-retentive albariza soils of top pagos such as Balbaína, Osborne's cellar mastery centers on its monumental criaderas y soleras. Under the direction of celebrated enologist and master blender Marcos Alguacil, the bodega preserves an extraordinary repository of historic casks, including rescued ancestral criaderas from Pedro Domecq. Osborne's fortified pinnacle is expressed across revered VORS and Rare Solera bottlings—exemplified by Sibarita Oloroso, Palo Cortado Capuchino, Amontillado Solera AOS, and Pedro Ximénez Solera 1827—alongside legendary Solera Gran Reserva brandies.
🍇 Grapes
100% Pedro Ximénez