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Lustau Pedro Ximenez "San Emilio"

Lustau Pedro Ximenez "San Emilio"

The grapes Pedro Ximénez are laid out in the sun for several days. Fermentation is stopped, in order to keep the natural sugar of the grapes. Afterwards this wine is fortified and then aged in the solera and criaderas system.

Dark mahogany in colour and viscous. Redolent of ripe fruit in the mouth, dried figs and roasted coffee beans. Very sweet, velvety and soft in the mouth, with an extremely long aftertaste.

Ideal poured over vanilla ice-cream, with dark chocolate and blue cheeses such as Cabrales. It is also an excellent digestif.

Bronze Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2012

€25.99

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Region:	Jerez	Package Size:	750 ml
Package Type:	Bottle	Special Category:	Sherry
Type:	Fortified	Sweet Scale:	Sweet
Grape:	Pedro Ximénez	Country:	Spain
Alcohol:	17%

Aromas of sweet hay and roasted coffee. Figs, angelica and apple fill the mouth with a long café crème finish. - Bronze Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2012

Emilio Lustau, one of Spain's greatest Sherry bodegas, is named after Don Emilio Lustau Ortega, son-in-law of founder Don José Ruiz-Berdejo y Veyan. Don José, of French descent, founded the family firm in 1896 at his home in Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, but in the 1940s Don Emilio moved the firm to the Santiago district of Jerez. The firm saw significant expansion, and joined the ranks of the top Sherry producers under Don Emilio's name. The family home was never abandoned, though, and in the 1970s extensive cellars were constructed there. Emilio Lustau is now a leader in Sherry production, certainly when judged on quality.