What it pairs with
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Ice cream and caramel sauce
PX poured over or alongside vanilla ice cream is the classic service. -
Crema quemada (Catalan burnt cream)
Caramel-focused dessert and PX sweetness are natural partners.
History
Bay-Alba PX is the sweet complement to their Amontillado, produced from Pedro Ximénez grapes dried in the Montilla area before transport to Jerez for fortification and ageing. Small almacenista bodegas like Bay-Alba contribute to the diversity of the Jerez sweet wine ecosystem.
- 1950 — PX solera established at Bodegas Bay-Alba
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Bay-Alba
- Grapes
- Pedro Ximénez
- Classification
- DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
- Oak
- Oxidative ageing in American oak butts from sun-dried PX must
- ABV
- 17.0%
- Price
- €10-18 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-25 from bottling
- First vintage
- 1950