What it pairs with
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Rich dark chocolate cake
VOS PX's concentrated dark-fruit and coffee character is a natural companion to deep chocolate baking. -
Vanilla bean ice cream
Classic PX service: the viscous sweetness and cold dairy produce the quintessential Jerez dessert contrast. -
Cabrales or Roquefort
Extreme PX sweetness provides dramatic contrast to the salt and pungency of blue cheese.
History
Royal Ambrosante is Sandeman Jerez's prestige Pedro Ximénez, a VOS-certified wine of minimum 20 years average age from old soleras in the Jerez triangle. The name ambrosante derives from ambrosia, the food of the gods, reflecting the wine's rich and intensely sweet character.
- 1930 — Royal Ambrosante PX solera established at Sandeman Jerez
- 2000 — VOS certification conferred by the Consejo Regulador
Facts
- Producer
- Sandeman Jerez
- Grapes
- Pedro Ximénez
- Classification
- DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
- Oak
- American oak butts; VOS certified minimum 20 years average age; oxidative ageing
- ABV
- 15.5%
- Price
- €35-55 at retail
- Drinking window
- 0-15 from bottling
- First vintage
- 1930