Alvear Pedro Ximenez 1927 Monday, Jun 19 2006
Tasting Notes and Spain and Variety and Sweet
This has been open for almost two weeks now, and not surprisingly as it is a Solera wine it can stand a bit of oxidation. This is labelled as Dulce Viejo. The nose is intensely raisined and sweetly perfumed, with treacle and dried pears, and an incredible richness. The palate shows a crazy golden syrup sweetness, sticky and cloying, amazingly concentrated, with old wood characters but also a certain freshness. Very good but lacks a bit of interest.
Rated : 88 Points
Tasted : Jun06
Alcohol : 16.0%
Price : $40
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2006 - 2011+
Source : The Wine Emporium
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10 Responses to “Alvear Pedro Ximenez 1927”
June 22nd, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Strangely, there are two different Alvear PX wines out of the 1927 solera. It looks like you’ve been trying the 750ml job (about $35 in Oz), but the good gear is what goes into the 375ml bottle (and is $40 a pop). I had this in Perth recently and loved it. The half bottle version is also the one Parker reviewed:
Wine Advocate #159 (Jun 2005)
Robert Parker 96 points
The impressive 1927 Pedro Ximenez Solera, from a Solera begun nearly 80 years ago, boasts a dark amber color as well as an extraordinary nose of creme brulee, liquefied nuts, marmalade, and maple syrup. Huge and viscous, yet neither cloyingly sweet nor heavy, it is a profound effort priced unbelievably low. It is meant to be drunk alone at the end of a meal.
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:54 pm
The 375ml wine sounds much better. I will keep an eye out for it.
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Geez that is cheap. $35 for 750ml and even $40 for $375ml.
June 30th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
PS is spot on.
My understanding is that the 750ml come from a 20 year solera system as opposed to a 60 year system for the halves. Must be a nightmare trying to differentiate between the two when they are both called the same thing and the 750ml is cheaper!
September 19th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
ps… whereabouts in Perth did you buy this pls?
September 19th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
I had it at Duende, from memory.
September 20th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
I’ve bought the 375 ml from H&C Cellars in Wembley. I think you know where that is…
December 15th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Sooooo, is it a table wine or a dessert one?
Thanks to answer me, bcoz someone has offered me a bottle and I don’t know when I should open it.
December 15th, 2007 at 9:08 am
It is a very sweet wine that you would have with dessert or cheese
December 15th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Frenchie said :
Well reading the tasting note offers some clear clues…very lazy.
‘treacle and dried pears, and an incredible richness… The palate shows a crazy golden syrup sweetness’……
GW