1958 | Bodegas Toro Albala | Don Px Convento Seleccion

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Fortified Wine: 1958 | Bodegas Toro Albala | Don Px Convento Seleccion

Very intense, with memories of bitter orange marmalade, in addition to roasted coffee, balsamic, raisins, plums and dried peaches.

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Producer: Bodegas Toro Albala

Ratings: WA | 98

Vintage: 1958

Size: 750ml

ABV: 17.5%

Varietal: Pedro Ximenez

Country/Region: Spain, Andalusia

Sight: Pure black with iodized reflections. Slow movement that tints the glass with beautiful, iodized tones. Aroma: Very intense, with memories of bitter orange marmalade, in addition to roasted coffee, balsamic, raisins, plums and dried peaches. Taste: Very sweet entry, accompanied by a light acidity and a pleasant bitterness that gives a fresh pass through palate.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The oldest of the sweet wines I tried this time was the 1958 Don PX Convento Seleccin, a very complex and nuanced wine with notes of charred wood, tar, coal, bitter dark chocolate, licorice, roasted coffee beans and aromatic herbs. The palate is compact with no fissures and a bitterness that compensates the sweetness (it has 350 grams of sugar, so it’s not a surprise that it doesn’t feel as sweet as others). It’s relatively dense, complex, rare and unique. They expect to produce 14,200 bottles of this elixir.

Producer Information

Bodegas Toro Albal is a wine producer in the Montilla-Moriles region of Andalucia, southern Spain. It was established in 1922 by Jose Mara Toro Albal, but its roots date back to an estate that was founded in 1844 by Albal’s grandfather, Antonio Snchez Prieto. It was the first producer to commercialize Pedro Ximnez as a single variety wine, and now makes a range of high-end wines from the variety. The original bodega and vineyard was situated on slopes near Castillo de Poley, a castle outside of Aguilar de la Frontera. There is rumored to be a remaining cask of the 1844 vintage from this vineyard still cellared today. In 1922, Jose Mara Toro Albal relocated the winery into what had been the first power plant in the Montilla-Moriles region. Jose Mara established the Bodegas Toro Albal name, and focused the winery on the Pedro Ximnez grape that the Montilla-Moriles region is now known for. The power plant continues to thematically inspire labeling with Albal offering a dry fino from Pedro Ximnez that is sometimes sold in bottles that look like lightbulbs.