Pérez Barquero, D.O. Montilla-Moriles. A limited release of 3,000 bottles (for the world), this P.X. is a nod to the past when Pedro Ximénez was often a vintage wine and released young without extended ageing, nor the resulting rancio characters that such maturation brings. This wine comes from late-harvested P.X. grapes from one of Montilla's best vineyards. Fortification is carried out only with top-quality, wine-based spirits. After 18 months resting in the traditional, large, cone-shaped 'amphora' of the type used in Montilla-Moriles for centuries (more accurately called tinajas or conos), the wine is ready for release as an ultra-pure, viscous, incredibly intense and naturally sweet dessert wine. For those who have worked with the previous bottlings, this is a very similar wine.
For those new to this wine, this isn't your opaque, black, rancio style of PX. Instead, you can expect a bright and perfumed, amber/brown coloured wine of wonderful vibrancy, fruitiness and freshness, with dried raisin, leatherwood honey, cold tea, nutmeg, molasses and fresh resin notes. Of course, it is very sweet yet it's balanced by just the right amount of acidity. The wine can be consumed in the same way as an aged PX; served with coffee, tea or with chocolate desserts. Like Navazos' solera PX, it will keep for aeons in the fridge.