XIMENEZ-SPINOLA Pedro Ximenez Vintage Sherry 'Anada' 2023/24 HALF/nc
Spain | 37.5cl
£27.95
/ £167.70
£159.32 (case)
Size: 37.5cl
Country: Spain
Description
Bright gold colour with old gold reflections, some depth and legs. Lovely, rich and full, hint oily and sweet - very over-ripe grapes, some light texture and traces of Fino Sherry, apricot jam and perfume, amazingly fresh. Low acid but retains a certain tang, not over sweet (somewhere around 50grams/litre) but certainly sweet, traces of nut oil, apricot, grapes and yeast from the batonnage. Quite a luscious texture, like a German Auslese, but lower acid and made from PX. Lovely, long, unusual, moreish...
The grapes were picked 21 days after normal table wine ripeness and fermented without solero (sun-drying) on their skins. The wine was aged for 4 months on its lees in American oak butts undergoing light batonnage (lees stirring), and lightly filtered into bottle.
