Fernando de Castilla, Antique PX

Name: Fernando de Castilla, Antique PX
Brand: Fernando de Castilla
SKU: 28165
Price: 46.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 28165 500 mL

A beautifully sweet, non-cloying Pédro Ximenez, with dates, treacle and long blackstrap licorice intensity. Extra long oxydative aging in cask yields wildly dark flavors and strong flavors meant to sip alongside tangy aged cheeses, especially Cabrales, vanilla cream and bitter chocolate. The Antique series from Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla is a series of very old sherries of limited production and exceptional quality.

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Color

White

Country

Spain

Region

Jerez

Sub-Region

Jerez de la Frontera

Producer

Fernando de Castilla

Grape Variety

Pedro Ximenez

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About the Producer

Jerez, Cádiz, Spain One of the most exceptional of the small independent Sherry houses, Fernando del Castilla was revitalized in 1999 by Jan Petersen - a Norwegian with a passion for top quality sherry. After 15 years of experience at Osbourne in Jerez, Jan was ready to embark on his own adventure. He took over the cellars of the Sherry shipper José Bustamante, which were conveniently located...

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Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Jerez

Sherry actually gets its name from our anglo-inability to pronounce the word “Jerez,” the town at the southern end of Spain in which the wine is produced. Like Champagne, Sherry can only be called Sherry if it comes from this specific region. That said, there are other “Sherry-styled” wines worthy of note produced outside of the Sherry D.O. (known as vinos generosos). Montilla, lying to the north-east of Jerez, produces some of the finest Pedro Ximénez in the world.

Pedro Ximenez

Also known as PX (thankfully to those of us who have a dislike of words that begin with x’s), this dessert-style fortified wine is made entirely from the highly-sugared Pedro Ximénez grapes. Many of the best examples come from the region of Montilla, and are thus not technically classified as Sherries. PX’s are intensely, almost syrupy sweet, and are ideal drizzled over vanilla ice cream (or over your waffles, if you like to drink in the mornings). If you’ve got a serious sweet tooth, PX is for...