Toro Albala Don P.X. Reserva Especial 1947
100 percent Pedro Ximenez
Number 073 of 520 bottles
imported by Classical Wines Bonafide Wine Estates
We drank it last weekend and liked it
No further information on bottle
I could be wrong, but I believe all sherry is solera.
This. It doesn’t say so on the label, but I think they all are. This one was started in that year. I bet it was great!
This is 100% vintage, this is a solera as it is all blended, but it is only blended with other barrels from whatever vintage is listed.
Unlike many of the ‘1927’ wines, which Solera was started in 1927 but maybe has 5% of 27’ actually in it. All of Toro’s PX vintage wines are from that specific vintage, which makes them so rare and sought after, hence 520 bottles made, I think this is about $300 retail.
This is also not Sherry, Technically, it comes from the village next door.
I sell these wines
There are vintage Sherries. Don’t see them much in the states but London usually has some.
Whoa! I scored! Thanks jbray
Yeah, you really did.
We pre sold all of these a couple of months ago and they were not cheap.
The estate is also really interesting as they only use PX in all of their wines from Fino on up, which is really rare.
They release these every year, they just happen to be different vintages when they do.
It’s pretty incredible to think that all of that is from 47’, that’s what makes these so unique. I tried all of the last releases which were 4 or 5 different wines and although they have a huge amount of stuffing, they each showed vintage variations in there own way.
I could be wrong, but I believe all sherry is solera.
Nope. Jerez de Añada, or sherry of a vintage, does not go through the solera system. It’s vintage just like any other wine.
Toro Albala is interesting in that they use PX for their sherries, but they’re not unique in that they do añada sherries.
Those are rare, but you can find them from time to time.
Cool. You learn something new every day! Thanks.
The last interesting point is that they do not fortify their wines, they are natural alcohols in the 17-18% range.
Loren - regarding aging, there are several types of sherries. There’s the “regular” system, then there are sherries of “certified” age, sherries with “indications” of age, and vintage sherries. Those of certified age are V.O.S. or V.O.R.S. and while they go through the criadera y solera system, they are selected lots that are older. Those are limited however, as there’s a kind of quota system that limits the amount of wine a bodega is allowed to sell under that category.
Those with indications of age are sherries that average 12-15 years, but they’re not V.O.S. or V.O.R.S., which initials incidentally, were selected because they are reminiscent of brandy.
Both of those categories are pretty new, only created since 2000. Vintage sherry however, is not. In fact, the criadera system is only a few hundred years old so the sherry that Sir Francis Drake took is likely to have been vintage sherry.