Barbadillo, Pedro Ximenez Sherry

PX, as it is better known in its abbreviated form, is the very richest and stickiest style of Sherry to be found. The Pedro Ximenez grape is picked and sun-dried to produce very concentrated sugars in the raisined grape. The result is an ultra sweet wine with a treacly texture and flavour. Dark brown, like old polished mahogany, wonderfully cloying with an extremely rich raisin flavour. It is complex, persistent, velvety and long and often enjoyed poured over vanilla ice cream.