Guests gathering at the Alcázar de Jerez palace courtyard for Vinoble

Vinoble 2026 · Jerez de la Frontera

The Tasting Keynote.

A reveal, a voice, and a flight of seven. Commandaria takes its place among the world's great noble wines.

I · The Reveal

A wine three millennia old, introduced anew.

For the first time at Vinoble, the curtain rises on Commandaria — the oldest named wine in the world. The reveal opens the session: a single bottle, a single light, and the long arc of Cypriot winemaking gathered into one moment.

What follows is not a presentation but a recognition: that the noble wines of the world have always been missing one of their own.

Theatrical reveal of a Commandaria bottle
Act IThe curtain rises
​Beyond the name3,000 years of lineage
Juancho Asenjo delivering the keynote

II · The Keynote

Juancho Asenjo on the lineage of noble wines.

Acclaimed wine writer and critic Juancho Asenjo delivers the keynote — placing Commandaria within the lineage of the world's great fortified and sun-dried wines, from Pedro Ximénez to Tokaji, from Madeira to Vin Santo.

Drawing on decades of tasting and scholarship, Asenjo traces the unbroken thread from Hesiod's amber nectar to the Crusader commanderies, and onward to the present cellars of the Troodos.

III · The Flight

Seven wines.
One ancient story.

The session inaugurates the 3-day Vinoble exhibition with a curated flight of seven wines — a chronology in the glass, from a bright young Commandaria to a decades-old rare reserve.

A flight of seven Commandaria wines
  1. I

    Young Commandaria

    An exceptional demonstration of single varietal Commandaria of 5 years of age despite youth, setting future path for lighter bodied wine.

  2. II

    Legacy Unfortified

    When wines leave their mark on the winery and style, hallmark for aged wines over 12 years with traditional blend yet unfortified for the sun-dried sweetened grapes.

  3. III

    Myth appeal

    An inspiration for Commandaria with all the characteristics in aspiring form and taste for the amber wine with a distinctive bouquet for unfortified wine.

  4. IV

    Youth and fortified

    Sundried Xynisteri and Mavro, minimum years in Commandaria casks. Full body, layered, contemplative.

  5. V

    Honors to blends

    Cut in traditional manner of blending different vintages, naturally sweet, singular wines sourced from Troodos South-Eastern vines grown on magmatic soils.

  6. VI

    Classic and Exceptional

    Vintage Commandaria with over 20 years of age, exceptional cuvée: toffee, leather, dark caramel, distinctive of the fortified style.

  7. VII

    Rare Uniqueness

    Drawn from a multi-decade solera. The closing pour: depth, oxidative complexity, eternal length.

SATURDAY 30TH MAY 2026, 20:00HRS

Sala Mezquita,
The Alcázar Jerez.

Vinoble 2026 — XIII edition. Opening Tasting Keynote presented by Juancho Asenjo.

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