Bodegas La Cigarrera is a Manzanilla producing Almacenista that began aging Sherries in 1758. The current bodega housing their solera of 500 barrels was started in 1891 in a former convent by Manuel Hidalgo Colom, the great grandfather of Ignacio Hidalgo, ninth-generation cellar master who runs the house today. Once he was allowed to by law in 1997, Ignacio began to estate bottle his own Sherries so that he could sell a higher quality wine directly to the market, making him one of the first Almacenista producers to bottle Manzanilla under their own label. La Cigarrera is a tribute to the women who used to sell tobacco on the sidewalks of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It is a tribute to the pride, beauty & history of this incredible Andalusian port town. La Cigarrera Manzanilla is produced exclusively from vineyards in the Jerez Superior Denomination of Origin. They are still located in the original bodega from 1891 in the Plaza Madre de Dios in the Barrio Bajo (lower part) of Sanlúcar, possessing some of the oldest casks in town.