Alvear Pedro Ximinez de Anada - 2004 (375ml) Campo de Borja this 2003 does not appear

this 2003 does not appear to be quite as powerful or concentrated as the 2002s or 2001s

it’s a big one with plenty of heat

this wine is drying out

cacao and sweet corn bread

just shake & serve

Alvear Pedro Ximinez de Anada - 2004 (375ml) Campo de Borja this 2003 does not appearAlvears 2011 Pedro Ximenez de Anada is the most amazing Pedro Ximenez I have ever tasted. It may also be one of the first to be vintage dated. The grapes were hand harvested in September, then allowed to dry in the sunshine until they began fermentation, which is ultimately arrested by the addition of spirits. The wine spent six months in large American oak prior to being bottled. It is an amazing effort that looks like molasses. Notes of macerated