Community Tasting Notes 9

• Paul852 Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 20, 2020 - On opening first impressions were that this was a bit hot and rough. But coming back to the bottle 48 hours later it seems to have settled down and be more nicely focussed.
  
  The nose brings spices, bitter orange, some burnt caramel, much complexity. On the palate, those same aspects plus nutty notes, with overall intensity and quite some bite. The finish is very long, saline, and more-ish.
  
  Overall it does really need at least some basic food to go with it - it's a bit intense to be a stand-alone aperitif.

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• julen789 Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 23, 2020 - One glass. This is an intense wine, the age of the solera is extremely notable. Bold and elegant; the color is a beautiful medium copper. On the nose, vanilla, baba au rhum, ginger biscuits, a huge mix of aromatic spices, burned firewood, some mushrooms and forest floor scent, deep meat sauce reduction. A meaty and oxidative aftertaste that lasts forever. I’d love to drink more of this.
  93pt

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• PacoHigon Likes this wine:

  December 8, 2019 - Magnífico vino elaborado con Pedro Ximenez fruto de una solera de 1922 y que ha pasado 35 años de crianza oxidativa. De color ámbar con destellos amarillos. Nariz seductora, con más profundidad que intensidad en la que encontramos avellanas, barniz de mueble viejo, especias exóticas, café, tabaco inglés... Con la aireación se potencia un lado frutal, con fruta golosa. En boca tiene buen ataque, resulta untuoso, muy seco, reaparecen las avellanas y notas de azúcar quedado. Muy buenos amargos, largo y con profundidad.

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• ChristopherB Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 29, 2018 - Nice pale copper colour. On the nose, aromas of flora, almonds, orange rind, salted caramel, coconut, pumpkin pie and smoke. On the palate, a frank concentrated attack with the aromas on the nose and a long salty finish. Very nice amontillado. Tasted concurrently with the Marques de Poley Palo Cortado, this adds the complexity of the flora and a slightly better concentration. The Palo Cortado has a nice purity, but in comparison. Also, as good as this is, I don’t think it is quite as striking as the Del Duque, but it is still very good. 92?

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• Bearbus wrote:

  November 25, 2018 - White pepper, nutmeg, dried mango, stewed apricot, bitter walnut and hazelnut. The fatness of the PX grape, plenty of bitter almong and walnut, and almond skin in the back- palate, smoke, dry Brazil nut finish. Lacks freshness and/or generosity. Very interesting. I just return to thinking that I'm a Jerez kind of guy

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Bodegas Toro Albala
• Varietal Pedro Ximénez
• Designation Marques de Poley Amontillado Viejísimo Solera 1922
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Andalucía
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Montilla-Moriles
• UPC Code 8421319391016

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• In Cellars 37 (64%)
• Consumed 21 (36%)

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