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Valdespino Pedro Ximenez El Candado Cream Sherry Non Vintage

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$32.99Original List Price

28.95Best Price On The Web
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Code: 69347

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Since April 25, 2024 12:00PM

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Rating:	93 Pts Wine Spectator	Size:	750ML
Region:	Andalucia	Country:	Spain
Varietals:	Pedro Ximenez	ABV:	18%

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More Ratings:

93 Pts Wine Spectator	"Offers layers of macerated date, ganache, warm caraway, buckwheat honey and chocolate-covered orange peel notes, with a deep, intense finish that lets a wonderfully smoky hint curl through. The power is obvious, the range and definition more subtle. Drink now. -J.M." (07/13)

92 Pts Wine & Spirits	"You can drink this wine at the end of a meal just for the pleasure of feeling its exuberant complexity and sweetness. But you can also add a couple drops to your vanilla ice cream and enjoy the way this PX dissolves its pecan pie and candied almond flavors in the chill of the vanilla. An ample wine, this has the texture of chocolate seconds before melting." (06/11)
90 Pts Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate	"The NV El Candado Pedro Ximenez, produced from sun-dried Pedro Ximenez grapes for two weeks, and aged in a solera for an average of 8-10 years, is bottled with 400 grams of sugar and 17% alcohol. Mahogany color, the nose is a symphony of candied, dried fruits, raisins, figs and dates. The palate is clean, very sweet and spicy, and should be consumed quite fresh (10?C), with chocolate dessert (or as a dessert in itself). Drink 2013-2015." "Iâve often called Valdespino âthe Romanee-Conti of Jerez.â Well, there, Iâve said it. To me they represent quality and tradition at the very top of the Sherry hierarchy. The winery, soleras and brands are old, registered in 1875, but with documentation about their commercial and winegrowing activities going back to the 13th century. Their recent history starts in 1999, when Jose Estevez purchases the company from the Valdespino family. Today Valdespino is the jewel in the crown of the Grupo Estevez, which also includes Real Tesoro and La Guita, who stock and age 35,000 botas of Sherry and own 800 hectares of vineyards, 56 of which come from the Pago Macharnudo, on pure white albariza soil, one of the best vineyards in the Marco de Jerez, and 17 hectares from the heart of Macharnudo are still fermented in bota today and form the core of brands like Inocente, Tio Diego, CP or Cardenal. All the wines were carefully and slowly moved to the new facilities of the Grupo Estevez on the outskirts of Jerez, where they continue their development under the supervision of Eduardo Ojeda, technical director, winemaker, who as a wine-lover is very aware of his role preserving these old soleras, wines and traditions."

Description:

Wine:
"An intense color of mahogany with deep aromas of dried fruits (figs and raisins) and suble notes of chocolate and coffee. The palate is very smooth and velvety with prune notes and a very long finish." - Importer

Vinification and Aging:
"The PX grapes are dried in the sun before fermenting naturally in stainless steel. El Candado undergoes oxidative aging for over 10 years. There are 2 criaderas and the Solera." - Importer

Producer:
"The origins of this historic bodega date back to 1264 when Don Alfonso Valdespino was one of 24 Knights responsible for expelling the Moors from Jerez. As a reward for his efforts the king gave him land grants in the city of Jerez and thus began Bodegas Valdespino."

"The heart of Valdespino is its vineyards. They are the only sherry house to make a series of wines from a single vineyard. That vineyard, Macharnudo, is one of the "grand crus" of Jerez, located at the highest altitude and on pure Albariza soils (bright white chalk). The single vineyard Macharnudo wines are part of the Grandes Pagos de Espana, an elite group of very special vineyard sites and Valdespino is the only sherry house with this status."

"Add to these amazing standings that all Valdespino wines are fermented in aged oak and allow nature to decide their destiny! Almost all the houses in Jerez do the fermentations in stainless steel and inoculate the Flor to decide the destiny of the wines. They are also one of a few estates that take the solera system to the extreme going way beyond DO minimum regulations for all the categories. As an example Fino sherry is required to have 2 criaderas (nursery levels of the solera) and the DO average tends to be 3 - Valdespino's Fino Inocente has 10 Criaderas!"

"When it comes to food and wine pairings - sherry has a lot to contribute. One unusual aspect in this regard is that biologically aged wines (those aged under veil of flor) possess umami. This savory/earthy taste characteristic is very pronounced in the biologically aged wines of Valdespino because of not only their natural winemaking techniques but because the wines are aged well beyond the average for their peer group." - Importer