Community Tasting Notes 42

• prasm Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 7, 2024 - PnP served as after dinner quaff, recorked and stored in Somm du Vin for 3 days, note from day 4. Appearance: Clear, pale amber. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with developed aromas of nuts - almond & cashew, flor, stewed peach, and caramelized onions. Palate: Dry, medium- acid, medium+ body, medium+ intensity, 19% abv with flavors of almond, yeast, caramelized onion, and bitter peach with a medium+ finish.
  
  Overall, shows a fair amount of complexity but a bit challenging on the palate, with the 19% abv an added challenge. Still I found this interesting and enjoyable in small dosage.

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• robmatic wrote: 91 points

  November 27, 2023 - Tremendous value. Had this side by side with another Amontillado of similar price, and the depth and complexity of the Alvear vastly outshone the other. Would definitely buy again.

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• Jason Wu Likes this wine:

  October 19, 2023 - Pale amber
  Pronounce intensity on the nose. Almond, toasted bread, walnut, flor, apricot, dried fig, pastry, developing.
  Dry, high acidity, high alcohol, full body, med+ intensity, dried apricot, flor, toasted nuts, savoury notes, umami, cooked rice, a little bit tannins, long finish.
  Paired extremely well with Dazha crab大闸蟹。
  93pts

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• pinotbestia Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 12, 2023 - Burnt orange peel, tapenade, macadamia nuts, some touches of brine and balsamic. It leans more on the biological (under flor) aging and then lends a prolonged oxidative note to it. Powerful and long. This is excellent Amontillado from the home of the style.
  
  Bone dry, medium bodied. Heady scent.

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• ohne_musik wrote: 86 points

  August 27, 2022 - Nose on this is fantastic - fills the room with a rich and nutty, almost frangipane aroma, followed by fresh squeezed citrus peel and seaspray. A wisp of butterscotch even. And then... Oy, what a disappointment on the palate! Obtrusive acetone, harsh, almost acrid, and someone thin in body and character. Flavors are muddled, reedy, and a far cry from what the nose portends. Lacks balance, with the 19% alcohol feeling quite spirit-y. What a Jekyll and Hyde wine! 93 for the nose, 79 on the palate.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Alvear
• Varietal Pedro Ximénez
• Designation Amontillado Carlos VII
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Andalucía
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Montilla-Moriles
• UPC Codes 766238306788, 8410487306786, 8410487306793

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• In Cellars 129 (53%)
• Consumed 113 (47%)

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