Don PX Old Wine (GR) 1999 75cl

100% Pedro Ximénez.    

Don P.X Old Wine (GR) is een zoete PX sherry uit D.O. Montilla-Moriles

Don P.X Old Wine gran reserva is een complexe klassieke 100% Pedro Ximénez. Gedroogd fruit (pruimen, vijgen, rozijnen), cacao, zoete kruiden en een goede zuurgraad.
Goed op dronk, maar kan zich tenminste tot 2024 nog verder ontwikkelen.
Don P.X gran reserva kan het beste geserveerd worden bij 10°C. 

The Wine Advocate:

"Each year they select a number of single vintage, sweet PX wines to be bottled, the first of which (besides the young wine) is the 1987 Don Px Gran Reserva in 2016 - a wine aged in American oak casks for some 28 years. These wines are almost indestructible, so the drinking windows are mostly academic. This showcases the classical aromas and palate of an old PX from Montilla, strong notes of dark chocolate, dried figs and plums, raisins and sweet spices; the dense, thick and persistent palate where the 380 grams of unfermented sugar are not noticeable, as they are balanced by good acidity that also gets concentrated by age. This is probably the densest of all the wines I tasted today, and there is a distinct, perfumed, almost floral note here (is it violet pastille?), which makes it extremely attractive. It's also the most drinkable of all these old vintages, very balanced within its sweet profile, with marked flavors (also licorice and black olives) that stay in your mouth for one minute. Exotic and exuberant. This is incredibly young and lively, and very good value for the age and quality it delivers. 

I visited Toro Albalá in their winery in Aguilar de la Frontera in Córdoba. They are famous by the extremely old, complex, sweet and concentrated Pedro Ximénez. I tasted a whole range of wines that are available in 2016, including an incredible 1931. The winery is full of old artifacts, roman stones and God knows what; they have a museum with an incredible collection of old wine books containing some 3,000 volumes. I also tasted a very old Amontillado they might bottle in limited quantities and a PX from around 1950 that showed a similar character to the famous 1946."

Luis Gutierrez , Apr 2016