TN: Seven PedroXimenez Wines...(short/boring)

We tasted these PedroXimenezs ystrday at Pig+Fig:


  1. ToAlbala Electrico Fino del Lagar PedroXimenez Dd’O: Montilla-Moriles Vino Fino de Primavera
    (Aged: 10 yrs in Solera; 15%; ClassicWines/Seattle) Antonio Sanahez NV
    : Pale gold color; strong fino/oxidative/nutty/very saline bit bannana oil fairly complex nose; very dry/austere very saline/fino sherry some complex flavor; med.ling dry/saline/austere finish; not a pleasure to taste on its own & badly needs some food with it; but a pretty classical expression of fino sherry. $18.00/500ml (LB)

  1. Bodegas Yuste Aurora Oloroso Dd’O: Jerez-Xeres (17.5%; CalssicWines) Sanlucar de Barrameda NV: Deep golden/burnished bronze color; strong oloroso sherry/nutty/bit oxidative complex nose; quite dry austere/saline fairly rich rather oxidative quite nutty some complex flavor w/ long saline/oxidative finish; a very dry/saline Oloroso that badly needs food. $20.50/500ml (KK)

  1. Bodegas Yuste Aurora PedroXimenez (15%) NV: Very dark brown color almost black; intense roasted/grapey/quite nutty/walnutty/pecan pie molasses quite complex nose; quite sweet raisened/caramel/nutty/pecan pie/molasses rather complex flavor; very long/lingering quite nutty/pecan pie/walnutty/molasses fairly complex finish; a rather interesting/complex PX. $24.50/500ml (KK)

  1. Gonzales-Byass Nectar PedroXimenez NV: Very dark/near black color; bit alcoholic very raisened/pruney/PX bit earthy somewhat simple/grapey nose; quite sweet very raisened/pruney/toffee/grapey/fig newton bit simple flavor; very long intensely sweet/pruney/raisened/grapey finish; loads of raisened sugar but a bit on the simple side. $40.00

  1. Bodegas Dios Baca Oxford 1.970 PedroXimenez (17%; www.BodegasDioBaco.com) Jerez NV: Very dark/near black color; intense raisened/pruney very walnutty/nutty fairly complex nose; somewhat sweet some pruney/raisened rather alcoholic somewhat winey flavor; very long quite walnutty/some raisened/pruney finish; not as intensely sweet & not as complex & a bit more winey than the other PX. $17.50/500ml (KK)

  1. Lustau PedroXimenez SanEmilio Dd’O: Jerez Sherry (17%; www.Lustau.Es; Europvin/VanNuys) NV: Very dark brown/near black color; less raisened/pruney some walnutty/earthy fairly complex nose; not as sweet strong raisened/walnutty/bit pruney/nutty some complex flavor w/ very long/lingering less sweet finish; a very good PX at a very fair price. $32.00 (KK)

  1. Bodega Barbadillo LaCilla PedroXimenez (17.5%; www.Barbadillo.com; L322151; Well-Oiled Wine Co./
    Wash/DC) Luis de Eguilaz NV
    : Dark brown/near black color; very strong walnutty/pecan pie/caramel bit molasses/raisened quite complex nose; not as sweet quite walnutty/pecan pie/caramel some raisened/pruney/molasses fairly complex flavor w/ very long somewhat sweet walnutty finish; the most complex & my favorite of the PX. $37.50 (KK)

A wee BloodyPulpit:

  1. The Fino & the Oloroso were not very much fun to taste on their own…too saline & austere and badly needed food to temper the palate.
    Of the sweet PX; the Gonzales-Byass was the least interesting by far. The consensus was #7, then #6, followed closely by #3 as the favorites.
    I had suggested Laura make a pecan pie to accompany these wines, but she thought it might be too much of a sugar overload. She was probably right. She came up with a pecan-crusted toffee pudding that was not overly sweet that worked very well with the PX, letting the PX deliver the needed sugar kick.
    Tom