Jerez City Guided Tour and Winery Visit
Upgrade your experience by combining a historic center city tour with a visit to one of the most famous wineries in Jerez. Taste three excellent wines at the winery.
Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 30 years from bottling.
bottling5 yrs30 yrs32 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
What it pairs with
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Panettone
The raisin and candied fruit complexity of both wine and cake match perfectly. -
Foie gras terrine
Rich liver fat with the wine's honey-and-raisin sweetness is a classic French-influenced pairing. -
Chocolate and marzipan
The wine's almond-marzipan note and exotic spice resonate with dark chocolate confection.
How to serve Moscatel Pasas
Allow 5 minutes from open to pour.
- Open and pour. Open and pour directly. No decanting required for this style.
- Serve at 8-10°C. Cellar temperature (8-10°C) is the band for this style. Warmer pushes alcohol forward; colder dampens aromatics.
- Glassware. Use a Sherry copita: the bowl shape rewards the wine's structure.
- Pair with. Panettone, Foie gras terrine, Chocolate and marzipan. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.
History
Moscatel Pasas uses the sun-drying technique typically associated with Pedro Ximénez but applied to Moscatel de Alejandría grapes. The result is a more aromatic, exotic concentrated wine than the PX raisin style; the Moscatel variety's naturally high floral esters persist even through the drying and fortification process. César Florido is one of the few producers regularly bottling this style.
- 1887: Pasas (raisin) style Moscatel established at César Florido
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas César Florido · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Moscatel de Alejandría
- Classification
- DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
- Oak
- From sun-dried raisin (pasas) grapes; oxidative ageing in American oak
- ABV
- 17.0%
- Price
- €14-25 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-30 from bottling
Frequently asked about Moscatel Pasas
When should I drink Moscatel Pasas?
Drink 5-30 from bottling. Young vintages benefit from 30-90 minutes of decanting; mature bottles should be handled carefully for sediment.
What food pairs with Moscatel Pasas?
Panettone is the canonical pairing. Other strong matches include Foie gras terrine and Chocolate and marzipan. The raisin and candied fruit complexity of both wine and cake match perfectly.
What grapes are in Moscatel Pasas?
The blend is Moscatel de Alejandría. The wine is classified as DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry.
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