1946 | Bodegas Toro Albala | Don Px Convento Seleccion in single OWC

Detailed Description

Sight: Dark mahogany tonality with copper reflections and slow movement in glass. Aroma: High intensity. Notes of raisining (dates, dried figs and raisins), cinnamon, candied orange, spices like clove and anise, in addition to some other confectionery smells. Taste: Sweet and dense entry, with mild acidity and alight bitter touch. It’s a round wine, with no rough edges, and of lingering finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1946 Don PX Convento Seleccion produced with Pedro Ximenez grapes dehydrated under the sun at the time of the Second World War, was only bottled in September 2011. This is an extreme wine, my first descriptor was ultra-mega-super concentrated. It is unbelievably powerful, both in the nose and the palate, full of umami, with sweet cinnamon, Christmas cake, camphor, petrol, lemongrass, Belgian chocolate and butter. Incredibly complex and rich, sweet, balanced and smooth in the palate, it is both very sweet and somehow salty, and with time it develops a black olive note. It combines the texture of the 1962 and the elegance of the 1949. It is as decadent as it gets. 825 bottles were produced. This wine will survive all of us. These wines are kept for generations and offered in very small quantities, but it‚Äôs amazing that you can still buy and drink something so old, and I‚Äôm even tempted to say that it might represent good value for what it is. A real tour de force sweet wine. Drink it if you ever have the privilege to do so from 2013-2060.

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 Mar√≠a Toro Albal√°, but its roots date back to an estate that was founded in 1844 by Albal√°’s grandfather, Antonio S√°nchez Prieto. It was the first producer to commercialize Pedro Xim√©nez 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 Mar√≠a Toro Albal√° relocated the winery into what had been the first power plant in the Montilla-Moriles region. Jose Mar√≠a established the Bodegas Toro Albal√° name, and focused the winery on the Pedro Xim√©nez 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 Xim√©nez that is sometimes sold in bottles that look like lightbulbs.