Bodegas Ximénez Spínola PX Delicado
A mellow deep golden white dessert wine, offering intense notes of orange peel, dried apricots, and toasted wood
Bodegas Ximénez Spínola PX Delicado Jerez, Spain is an exquisite White (dessert) wine, intensely sweet and crafted solely from Pedro Ximénez grapes. The vinification involves hand-harvesting and sun-drying grapes for at least 21 days to concentrate natural sugars, followed by fermentation and 2 months of ageing in French oak. This uncertified organic wine presents a mellow deep golden colour with exceptional aromas of orange peel and herbs. The palate is smooth, round, and intense, brimming with concentrated fruit, currants, dried apricots, and a hint of toasted wood. It pairs beautifully with rich sweet pastry tarts or aged blue cheeses.
50.0CL , 13.0% ABV , Vintage: 2024
Vinification
Grapes are hand harvested and carefully laid on the ground on food mats, not in the open field but in the beds (lanes between the vines), so that during the shaded periods, the skin can accumulate tartaric acidity. Exposure to the sun slowly and gradually dehydrates each grape, evaporating water and concentrating natural fructose. Only 300 kilos of raisins are obtained per ton of fresh grapes. Grapes are then transferred back to the wine press in crates, equivalent to the work of a double harvest. Once the grapes arrive at the winery they are pressed, obtaining only 200 liters of must per ton of fresh grapes, which ultimately gives this wine an extremely low final yield. Fermented in French barrels. Oak Ageing: 2 Months in French oak, 100% wine oaked, no new oak.
Flavour profile
This exquisite white dessert wine, crafted from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez grapes, presents a mellow deep golden hue. It offers exceptional aromas of orange peel and herbs, leading to a smooth, round, and intense palate brimming with concentrated fruit, currants, dried apricots, and a hint of toasted wood.
Serving recommendation
Serve chilled at 8-10°C. Enjoy immediately.