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    5/3/2024 - Likes this wine:

    Delicious. Pronounced plum. Raisins. Long, complex finish. Notes of nuts and slight note of honey.

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    5/1/2024 - Likes this wine: 90 Points

    Thanks for this 375 ml bottle of dark amber goodness, birthday boy RN. Whilst this NV Pedro Ximenez Solera 1927 is non-vintage, it does have some 1927 material in it!

    Made of 100% Pedro Ximénez grapes from the D.O. Montilla-Moriles, comes from sun-dried grapes and aged for 5 years in American oak barrels. Traditional solera system means this goes through regular extractions and sprinklings.

    Colour - Dark brown and deep amber
    Nose - Figs, toffee, caramel syrup, molasses and coffee
    Mouthfeel - Dense, very intensely sweet, good level of richness and thick.
    Balance - Surprisingly well balanced with the acidity providing a backbone.
    Finish - Medium-long with a tail-finish of ripe figs too.

    Bodegas Alvear was founded in 1729, and is the oldest winery in Andalusia and the second in Spain. Throughout its history, it has kept its family personality, true to its roots. The Alvear are quite a few nowadays, and there are more than 50 owners right now! Some of the people in charge of the company are also family members.

    The main grape variety is Pedro Ximénez, which is the base of its sweet, fino, oloroso and amontillado wines.

    Wine Enthusiast calls this "One of the world's best PX wines". Clearly, the solera stocks went into this bottling were well selected.

    Wine Advocate and Robert Parker proudly reminds, and it is printed on the label of the bottle -

    "To consume slowly and introspectively after a meal"!

    We did the same.. Enjoyed this with RN's birthday sticky toffee pudding, at Stoked.. Cheers!

    Stoked, KL, Malaysia
    1st May 2024

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    4/30/2024 - wrote:

    Liquid fig newton. Sssooo sweet, might be a little over the top in that regard but still pretty fun.

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    4/28/2024 - Likes this wine:

    Candied prunes, raisins. Very rich and complex.

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    4/22/2024 - Likes this wine: 94 Points

    Always well liked by everyone. Smooth with rasins, nuts and toffee. Great qpr. Great mouthfeel and finish. Would buy again!

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  • By Paul Zitarelli
    Full Pull Sticky Cyber Tuesday, 11/28/2017

    (NV Alvear Pedro Ximenez Solera 1927 375ml) Hello friends. Welcome to day two of our Cyber Monday sparkling and sticky offer. I guess we can call this Cyber Tuesday? Whatever you want to call it, today’s portion of post-Thanksgiving wine buying will be glorious, decadent sticky wines. What exactly are sticky wines? We’re talking about dessert wines, sticky and decadent in texture. Those of us who love this style of wine know that this is the one time of year when we can safely share our forbidden love with others—the holidays. The mixture of the cold weather, the desire to wear luxe fabrics, and holiday parties calls for something a little bit different. It calls for something sticky. And if circumstance forbids us from opening our stickies over this holiday season, we can rest safe in the knowledge that these categories of wines approach immortality. Another year in the cellar is only going to make these wines that much more exciting next year. Or maybe the year after that. We have six different wines for you today, so we will try to keep it brief, while still giving you all the necessary information. If stickies are not your normal category, this might just be the time to try something new. All six of these wines represent a wide range of styles and approachable price points—there is definitely something for everyone here. Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld. Release after release, we are totally smitten with this motor oil of a wine: brown sugar and sultanas, cherries and figs, brown butter and coffee, mixed nuts and caramel corn. This wine, clocking in at 16% alcohol, is a rare chance to taste a wine comprised in some small part by grapes harvested in 1927. This wine is a taste of history.

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  • By Richard Jennings
    5/30/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 89 points

    (NV Alvear Pedro Ximénez Montilla-Moriles Solera 1927) Brown color with yellow meniscus; maple syrup, prune and VA nose; syrupy, maple syrup, prune palate; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    7/13/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points

    (NV Alvear Pedro Ximénez Montilla-Moriles Solera 1927) Usual PX: dense motoroil texture, molasses

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