Por comparación con el PX 1910, este es más grueso, más denso y aromáticamente más estricto. Textura aterciopelada. Densidad infinita. Más de 30 segundos de puro placer. Una Odalisca decadente.
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Nez puissant sur le raisin de corinthe, la melasse, la café frais, le vinaigre balsamique et la vieille machine beurré d'huile a moteur (surement un chevrolet si ca coule) Vive attaque en bouche, on mord dans les figue et les raisins secs (boite rouge) Toucher gras, non, toucher visqueux, ça tapisse et colle aux paroies de la bouche. L'alcool est faible 11% ce qui rend le tout agréable et "équilibré", quoi que l'acidité est faible Finale intense sur le café et la figur, de longue MINUTES à saper tellement c'est gras. D'ailleur il faut faire des bons verres sinon il reste plus rien quand on le fait tourner car ça colle sur le verre. Seul défaut est la sensation de sucre qui reste en gorge... Une belle expérience, 93 points
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Served blind. Doesn't pour so much as plop into the glass looking like glass-staining betadine. Rum raisin, egg nog, orange peel, rancio, brown sugar nose. Obviously PX with plenty of character from long barrel time. Tastes foremost like raisins, aceto balsamico, sorghum. Guessed a '71 Toro Albala. Hard to condense this experience into a number as it's not really vinous at all, and barely a drink.
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Tasted blind. Deep black/motor oil with fascinating betadine edges. Delightful nose of eggshells, crema, maple syrup, and blueberry hotcakes. Obviously super viscous, but somehow weightless and sensational at the same time. Really complex mouthfeel and texture. Classic maple syrup, but there is a sweet/sour wild blueberry top note that takes this to a new level. Long finish.
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Not a typical PX to me at all, but rather a different beast. This has got some awesome concentration, and it's got wonderfully lower alcohol than the usual PX. The richness is stunning, and it's enormously complex and long, with the finish going on for minutes. I saved some of this and about 10 days later had it side by side with the Alvear 1927 (older bottling marked "Dulce Viejo"), and the contrast was striking. The 27 seemed weak and pale by comparison, such was the darkness and intensity of the 1830. I think this stuff is totally worth the price.
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Really really great. Will develop for hours and hours. Even days. Loads of black fruit and dried fig. Apricot, orange peel and hazelnuts. Absolutely incredible with goats milk black mission fig ice cream and toasted almonds. Trust me, don't die before you try that.
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The wine is clear and bright with a deep brown colour and dense sticky legs. The nose is clean and fully developed, showing pronounced intensity aromas of raisins, dry figs, dry apricots, coffee and nail varnish remover. The wine is lusciously sweet in the mouth with a low acidity. It has low soft tannins and a medium alcohol (for a fortified wine). It has a full body and pronounced intensity flavours of raisins, dry figs, dry apricots and coffee. The finish is long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a lingering finish and a great flavour concentration, and it shows very well the typicity of a PX. However a better example of this style would be more complex. Drink now, it is already fully developed, so there is no point in ageing it.
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Glengarry Old Wines Dinner (Auckland, New Zealand): Deep brown with definite green tints - not unlike some very old madeiras that I have consumed.This is close to liquid gold - rich, refined with the most velvet texture I have encountered. Chocolate, figs, raisins - quite high toned and a low claimed alcohol of 11.5% combine to wonderful effect. Extraordinary finish. Reminds me of the old Chambers - Rosewood tokays from Rutherglen.
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despite the 11.5% alch.(hard to believe, but that's what the bottle says), dense, dense, dense ground raisins, chocolate espresso and just a touch of dusty caramel. fills the mouth with thick, luxurious texture. I hope I'm in as good a shape as this when I'm 180 years old! Not sure it's worth the price, but a fun, delicious PX.
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12/18/2018 - Blair Curtis wrote: 94 Points
Delicious, amazing motor-oil-like goodness. Macerated raisins and dates. Caramel. Brown sugar. Viscous...sticks to the glass. Wicked stuff.
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10/24/2017 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:
XVIII Salón de los Mejores Vinos de España -Peñín; 10/23/2017-10/24/2017 (IFEMA - Madrid): By comparing with 1910, this is thicker, denser and aromatically more stricter. Velvety texture. Endless density. 30 seconds plus of pure pleasure. A decadent Odalisque.
Por comparación con el PX 1910, este es más grueso, más denso y aromáticamente más estricto. Textura aterciopelada. Densidad infinita. Más de 30 segundos de puro placer. Una Odalisca decadente.
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10/1/2017 - Jonathanmustang Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nez puissant sur le raisin de corinthe, la melasse, la café frais, le vinaigre balsamique et la vieille machine beurré d'huile a moteur (surement un chevrolet si ca coule)
Vive attaque en bouche, on mord dans les figue et les raisins secs (boite rouge)
Toucher gras, non, toucher visqueux, ça tapisse et colle aux paroies de la bouche. L'alcool est faible 11% ce qui rend le tout agréable et "équilibré", quoi que l'acidité est faible
Finale intense sur le café et la figur, de longue MINUTES à saper tellement c'est gras. D'ailleur il faut faire des bons verres sinon il reste plus rien quand on le fait tourner car ça colle sur le verre. Seul défaut est la sensation de sucre qui reste en gorge...
Une belle expérience, 93 points
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12/24/2016 - andtheodor wrote:
Served blind. Doesn't pour so much as plop into the glass looking like glass-staining betadine. Rum raisin, egg nog, orange peel, rancio, brown sugar nose. Obviously PX with plenty of character from long barrel time. Tastes foremost like raisins, aceto balsamico, sorghum. Guessed a '71 Toro Albala. Hard to condense this experience into a number as it's not really vinous at all, and barely a drink.
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12/19/2016 - Doc90 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Tasted blind. Deep black/motor oil with fascinating betadine edges. Delightful nose of eggshells, crema, maple syrup, and blueberry hotcakes. Obviously super viscous, but somehow weightless and sensational at the same time. Really complex mouthfeel and texture. Classic maple syrup, but there is a sweet/sour wild blueberry top note that takes this to a new level. Long finish.
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12/17/2016 - robmatic wrote: 96 Points
Not a typical PX to me at all, but rather a different beast. This has got some awesome concentration, and it's got wonderfully lower alcohol than the usual PX. The richness is stunning, and it's enormously complex and long, with the finish going on for minutes. I saved some of this and about 10 days later had it side by side with the Alvear 1927 (older bottling marked "Dulce Viejo"), and the contrast was striking. The 27 seemed weak and pale by comparison, such was the darkness and intensity of the 1830. I think this stuff is totally worth the price.
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7/23/2016 - sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Christmas pudding in a glass. Dried raisin, apricot, date, orange rind, black treacle. Delightful in tiny doses.
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1/12/2016 - TerroirHunter wrote: 93 Points
Really really great. Will develop for hours and hours. Even days. Loads of black fruit and dried fig. Apricot, orange peel and hazelnuts. Absolutely incredible with goats milk black mission fig ice cream and toasted almonds. Trust me, don't die before you try that.
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10/16/2014 - Man in Black wrote:
The wine is clear and bright with a deep brown colour and dense sticky legs. The nose is clean and fully developed, showing pronounced intensity aromas of raisins, dry figs, dry apricots, coffee and nail varnish remover. The wine is lusciously sweet in the mouth with a low acidity. It has low soft tannins and a medium alcohol (for a fortified wine). It has a full body and pronounced intensity flavours of raisins, dry figs, dry apricots and coffee. The finish is long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a lingering finish and a great flavour concentration, and it shows very well the typicity of a PX. However a better example of this style would be more complex. Drink now, it is already fully developed, so there is no point in ageing it.
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3/18/2011 - Marc wrote: 96 Points
Glengarry Old Wines Dinner (Auckland, New Zealand): Deep brown with definite green tints - not unlike some very old madeiras that I have consumed.This is close to liquid gold - rich, refined with the most velvet texture I have encountered. Chocolate, figs, raisins - quite high toned and a low claimed alcohol of 11.5% combine to wonderful effect. Extraordinary finish. Reminds me of the old Chambers - Rosewood tokays from Rutherglen.
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1/29/2010 - SimonG wrote:
January Sherry & Rioja WIMPS (The Ledbury, London): Quick taste. Typical PX. Sweet. Luscious. ****
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4/14/2009 - br wrote:
despite the 11.5% alch.(hard to believe, but that's what the bottle says), dense, dense, dense ground raisins, chocolate espresso and just a touch of dusty caramel. fills the mouth with thick, luxurious texture. I hope I'm in as good a shape as this when I'm 180 years old! Not sure it's worth the price, but a fun, delicious PX.
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