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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 57 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MarshallWine on 1/18/2022 & rated 99 points: Stunning. Thick and rich, not cloying, and not overly alcoholic. Currant, molasses. One of my favorites ever. (1308 views) | | | Tasted by Osiris021 on 10/1/2021 & rated 94 points: No formal notes. Motor oil. Alcohol comes through just a little bit too much. Delicious anyway.
Edit. Bottle was open for about two weeks and it was even better during the last few days. Very smooth. So I'll give it a few more points. (1380 views) | | | Tasted by mattym19 on 8/15/2020 & rated 96 points: Ridiculous wine. So complex but not overwhelming or cloying. Pours like motor oil. Nose is crazy with chocolate, dates, rum raisins, cloves, allspice, hay and a hint of cayenne. Palate is equally complex with green plum, spice cake, preserved lemon, candied cherry, black tea, hints of smoked paprika, Aztec hot chocolate and peanut butter. This is seriously amazing wine. Happy birthday, Chris ; ) (2050 views) | | | Tasted by rmarkey on 4/12/2020 & rated 99 points: Excellent, superb liquid black gold. 18% alc. An old favourite with Martin O'Shannessy who gave me this for my 70th. How long would it last?- seems fresh still.
Colour: dense jet black. Motor oil.
Bouquet: rich, unctuous, toffee, molasses, dates, raisins, Christmas pudding
Palate: just as bouquet, almost syrupy. Bitter-sweet with some black coffee amongst the otherwise overwhelmingly sweetness, burnt chocolate, caramel, figs, liquorice. Despite richness, it's fresh, with good acid, clean long finish.
April 2020 (2262 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 1/15/2020 & rated 93 points: This was the current release in 2011 when I was in Spain. Liquid sugar, with molasses and maple syrup. Exotic scents of licorice, incense, char. As always, super sweet and unctuous on the attack, yet hyper bright and fresh on the finish. A little goes a long way. Wonderful in its style. (2528 views) | | | Tasted by kkleg on 12/23/2019 & rated 94 points: What a fantastic dessert wine! Thick, with notes of roasted almond, maple syrup, raisins, and charred oak. Crisp finish. (1498 views) | | | Tasted by GArpaia on 6/1/2019 & rated 95 points: Roasted coffee beans. Tobacco & liquorice. Classic figs, dates and raisins too, but more as a supporting act. Subtle hints of graphite.
Very sweet of course but not cloying. Chocolate coated figs. Black cherries and toffee. Nice degree of acidity to balance the sweetness. Some earthy overtones. Liquorice and pepper. Something of Turkish coffee as well (the kind of thick, bittersweet coffee). Very complex, fresh and long.
Great value (1836 views) | | | Tasted by VoteferPedro on 5/26/2018 & rated 93 points: caramel and spice
unctuous (2470 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 12/15/2016 & rated 90 points: Chateau Musar Dinner (Tim and Elliott's Place, San Francisco): Dark, motor oil color; sherries figs, deep black fruit, a bit of salinity; palate is very rich, full bodied, dense, high alcohol, figs, black fruit, medium acidity; medium to medium-long finish. My first PX sherry, and its good but very dense. 89-90 (5058 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 12/15/2016 & rated 90 points: Musar Dinner (Tim's, SF): Black as motor oil. Complex spices and sweet rum. Extremely sweet, medium plus acid. Delightful but requires a sweet tooth. Acid isn't really high enough to stand up to the sugar content. (5255 views) | | | Tasted by mattym19 on 11/11/2016 & rated 94 points: Tasted at Huertas in NYC. Amazing! And not just because it is the year of my birth : ) Nose is full of raisins (obviously) but also hay, dates, baker's chocolate and Moroccan spices (!) Palate is full and sweet without being overpowering or cloying and is equally rich as the nose, and expressive with more chocolate and dried figs and baking spice. So balanced and so complex at the same time; really fantastic choice. (4446 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 7/11/2016 & rated 92 points: Monday Night Blinds (Home (Noe st)): (blind)
Black in the glass. Black!!!
F-ing intense nose of blueberry pancakes with molasses.
Oxidation, coffee grounds. So intense. Phenomenally compacted development.
On the palate
Super sweet - feels 200 g/L or higher.
Coffee grounds, slight brown olive savoriness.
high acid, super sweet
Feels 18% alcohol (actually 17%)
Infinite finish
Fudge brownie
Many shades of caramelization.
This is pretty awesome. (4913 views) | | | Tasted by Beckster2000 on 6/25/2015 & rated 78 points: Drank on my 30th birthday. Not my style of wine. Rich in everything, maybe too rich! (5682 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 4/26/2015 & rated 93 points: This PX continues to drink like a champ. Deep dark brown in color, with viscous, glass-staining legs. The nose is clean and developed, with pronounced aromas of dried figs, prunes, raisins, dark chocolate and espresso. The palate is lusciously sweet, dense and full-bodied, but nicely balanced by medium (+) acidity. The flavor intensity is pronounced and the finish is long, syrupy and persistent. You've really got to try it to believe it. (3831 views) | | | Tasted by rsbeck on 12/3/2014 & rated 94 points: Consistent with previous notes. (5175 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 11/9/2014: Had no fruit and hardly any sweetness, could be a bottle past its peak and dying. Very dark color, burnt coffee and sour black cherry on the nose. Disappointing. (5061 views) | | | Tasted by Mickelintott on 10/20/2014 & rated 90 points: Återigen en häftig upplevelse. Viskositet och färg som japansk soja! Perfekt till chocklad. Kul. (5271 views) | | | Tasted by showard on 8/7/2014 & rated 94 points: Like 5W-30 AFTER coming out of the crankcase. Dark, thick, rich, plums, prunes, toasted marshmallow. Like drinking a piece of history. A little goes a long way but truly wonderful. (3897 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 6/21/2014: Interesting and nice example of PX. Nose is nutty, chocolatey, and has some dried apricots. The palate is rich and sumptuous and is fairly tasty. Still not quite as good as port or madeira for me, but very pleasant. (3807 views) | | | Tasted by maede on 6/10/2014 & rated 96 points: - Amber color with fast forming legs and aromas of butterscotch, molasses and sherry and has flavours of butterscotch, molasses and alcohol with a full body. Silky texture with a long finish. (3096 views) | | | Tasted by aaronl3182 on 3/2/2014 & rated 92 points: Poured thick as oil and very dark brown. Glass staining. Nose was raisin, burnt sugar, creme brûlée, mocha, bicycle tire and wet grass. The palate was much of the same: dominated by tangy raisin, brown sugar, praline pecan, and Madagascar vanilla. Mouth filling and surprisingly acidic for the much oxidation. Very little heat. The finish will probably last until tomorrow. Very nice PX, particularly the acid. I will be looking for more. If you have some, drink up and enjoy! (3349 views) | | | Tasted by golfkompis on 1/18/2014 & rated 92 points: A great wine. Tar, chocolate, roasted coffebeans, tobbacco. Will definitely buy more if possible. (3686 views) | | | Tasted by kevin h on 1/5/2014 & rated 90 points: A good example of the type. Sweet and thick and held up well over a couple of weeks. Not my style of sherry though. (2862 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 1/5/2014 & rated 93 points: Consistent with my notes from 1/1/13. No detectable signs of decline. (3149 views) | | | Tasted by Deep Down Trauma Hound on 11/27/2013 & rated 93 points: A very nice wine. It has a fairly wide range of aromas - soy sauce, nuts, candied citrus, maple/brown sugar, chocolate and bruised fruits. There is little sense of heat on the nose. It has a pleasant acidity and tastes of dates, figs and nuts with a chocolate/coffee finish. It is intense on the palate, if not a little front-palate heavy. Still, it is fairly expansive and coating without being cloying. The finish is long. It is balanced and quite enjoyable on its own. (3464 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (1/8/2012)
(Bodegas Toro Albala Montilla-Moriles Don PX Gran Reserva) From 375 ml - opaque black red violet color; lifted, black prune, lemon oil, apricot, VA, coffee nose; rich, prune, dried black fruit, smooth, molasses, apricot palate with more acidity than most PXs; very long finish 93+ points 93 points |
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Pedro Ximénez uvaSpain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Andalucía Andalucía and its wines
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Two suggestions for listing Sherries and Manzanilla wines from a frequent user in a time of change:
The vast majority of these wines are solera-produced and are therefore nonvintage; they should not be listed under a vintage date. A Saca (or bottling) can be listed with a date under Designation, since each bottling is liable to be somewhat different. Dates of accession to your cellar, if it seems important, can also be listed in Designation. <b> Only an Anada (Vintage) wine should bear a vintage date.</b>
Currently, Manzanilla wines (what used to be called Manzanilla Fino) need only be listed as coming from the wine region Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Barrameda. This assumes the 'Jerez' region, which need not be mentioned. For older wines, there may be some confusion about the origin and type. I would suggest following the label as much as possible. jht |
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