Alvear Montilla-Moriles Pedro Ximénez Solera 1927 (375ml) *

Deeply sweet and syrupy, Pedro Ximénez is Andalucia's answer to dessert in a glass, made from grapes laid out in the sun until they concentrate into raisins. This bottling from Alvear comes out of the Montilla-Moriles region and is aged through a solera system, the fractional blending method that folds younger wine into progressively older stock so the character carries forward over many years. Expect the dark, unctuous, molasses-and-dried-fig profile that defines the style, poured over ice cream as easily as sipped on its own.