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Alvear Pedro Ximenez de Añada Sherry 2013

Alvear Pedro Ximenez de Añada Sherry 2013
Alvear Pedro Ximenez de Añada Sherry 2013

Montilla-Moriles D.O.P., Spain



Community Score: 4.7/5
Community Reviews: 7
 
Price: $24.95
Sweetness: Sweet
Alcohol: 16%
 

Drink: 2017-2025

Bottle size: 375 ml
Winery: Alvear

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 95/100 with the following review:

This wine, technically not a Sherry since it lies outside the "Sherry Triangle," is a wonderfully different selection from Alvear.
This is not their well known solera fractional blended wine, but a single vintage dated offering. The 1927 has some aged notes and some fresh. It is a combination of multiple vontages to produce a consistent style of complexity and intensity.
This one shows Pedro Ximenez from a single point in time.
This wine is much lighter looking than the solera blended 1927. It is an orangey amber, instead of diesely, orangey black.
It has so much aromatic prettiness to offer. Orange blossom, caramel, smoke, tangerine, chocolate, vanilla, and one could go on...
Flavourwise, it is lusciously sweet and super mouthfilling. Baking spices (cinnamon, nutmeg etc), chocolate orange, lemon, baked apple, maple and saffron.
Over time, it would be lovely to see how this wine ages on its own in bottle. It is a true expression of the much loved grape of Montilla-Moriles.
 

  


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