- Vintage
- 1955
- Region
- Montilla-Moriles / Spain
- Grape
- Pedro Ximénez
- Type
- sweet
- ABV
- 16.5%
- Volume
- 3L
- Production
- Traditional
Don PX Toro Albalá Convento Selección · 1955 · 3L
Don PX Toro Albalá Convento Selección is a wonderful sweet wine with more than 50 years of age. It is an extraordinary, singular sweet with a great complexity that will delight us alone and in a leisurely way, although we can also serve it together with recipes where a game meat with red fruit or mushroom sauce is the protagonist, with chocolate desserts or as an excuse. to lengthen those special table tops. Made with clusters of 100% raisined Pedro Ximénez grapes, Convento Selección comes from an old tradition that is still preserved: to keep at least one cask of wine made in special years, allowing it to have a long static aging and waiting for the optimal moment to bottle it. This extraordinary Don PX Convento Selección 1958 is qualified with 98 Robert Parker points and awarded with the Gran Oro Mundus Vini. It is a wine aged for several generations, which has been aged in barrels of amontillados so that the wine and the wood merge over time and obtain unmatched results. It is presented in a sheer black dress with iodine reflections. Pure black with iodine reflections. When shaken, the glass is tinted with precious iodine tones. Very intense on the nose, reminiscent of bitter orange marmalade along with roasted, balsamic, raisins, plums and dried apricots. Its entry is very sweet, although its slight acidity and pleasant bitterness make it a fresh wine.
Pitch black, Iodine-coloured glints, Dense, Bright, Luminous
Highly aromatic, Citrus fruit jam, Bitter orange, Roasted notes, Balsamic notes, Liqueur, Raisiny fruit, Prunes, Dried grape
Good entry, Sweet, Fresh, Good acidity, Slightly bitter, Balanced, Persistent, Orange, Cocoa, Raisins
Chicken in terracotta, To enjoy on its own
About the vineyard[+]
The Montilla-Moriles Denomination of Origin is located in the south of the province of Cordoba and, although its wines can sometimes be confused with those of Jerez, because they are also made using the traditional system of soleras and criaderas, they are quite different. They are very aromatic wines, with a velvety texture and a hazelnut background, characterised by the fact that they are made mainly from Pedro Ximénez grapes, a grape rich in sugars. There are three basic types of Montilla wine: young fruity, crianza and fortified. Depending on the ripeness of the grapes, there are finos, amontillados and oloroso. Originally from the area we find the sweet Pedro Ximénez, made from this grape variety, which is becoming increasingly popular. The climate is Mediterranean with a certain continental character, although not very marked, as it is dry and semi-arid. Summers are long, hot and dry. Winters are short and cold.