Bodega El Maestro Sierra, Pedro Ximénez Sherry, Nv Variant:DUTY PAID Señorío de San Vicente Rioja

Señorío de San Vicente Rioja 2018 has a promising nose of wood smoke

typical of Gallura

lifted with pear

convinced of the quality of the terroir

followed by notes of crème de cassis

Bodega El Maestro Sierra, Pedro Ximénez Sherry, Nv Variant:DUTY PAID Señorío de San Vicente RiojaPedro Ximnez is Sherry's most extreme expression and El Maestro Sierra's version is a textbook case of why the style is so compelling. Made in Jerez from sun dried PX grapes, this is almost absurdly concentrated: molasses, dried dates, espresso, bitter chocolate, and roasted figs layered through a wine so dense it pours like syrup. Yet the house's approach, with old soleras and a traditional bodega founded in the 19th century, pulls it back from