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Bodegas Toro Albalá

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Taster #7955 · Jan 27, 2025
94/100
Pale amber. Salty, nutty, lifted and lightly oxidative nose. Palate actually quite light but intense. Acid reverberates! If there's sweetness here it's well hidden. So interesting.
Taster #9204 · Oct 18, 2023
90/100
Quite dry, fascinating complexity, long persistence.
Taster #5077 · Mar 24, 2023
93/100
very fragrant and certainly savory.
1964 vintage
Taster #7421 · Dec 7, 2022
Precioso color ámbar brillante. Una atractiva y elegante visión sobre el palo cortado nacido de la Pedro Ximénez. Nariz con un marcado carácter oxidativo, hay avellanas tostadas, barniz de mueble viejo, tabaco y especias exóticas. En boca el ataque es magnífico, pasa fluido pero hay sensación de materia, seco, con cierta frescura, suaves amargos, notable longitud y gran profundidad.
Taster #5077 · Dec 6, 2022
94/100
bottled in 2017, made with fino from a vintage deemed to be poor. Definitely smoky, oxidized and savory on the nose, and slightly sharp thanks to the 22% alcohol after fortifying with brandy. Some fruitiness but leans dry, almost a little medicinal. Only produced twice in the winery's history.
1964 vintage
Taster #2244 · Oct 3, 2022
95/100
A brilliant, concentrated, powerful, complex, salty elixir of sherry. Finish seemed endless...
1964 vintage
Taster #2748 · Jul 20, 2020
91/100
On opening first impressions were that this was a bit hot and rough. But coming back to the bottle 48 hours later it seems to have settled down and be more nicely focussed. The nose brings spices, bitter orange, some burnt caramel, much complexity. On the palate, those same aspects plus nutty notes, with overall intensity and quite some bite. The finish is very long, saline, and more-ish. Overall it does really need at least some basic food to go …
Taster #2721 · Jun 23, 2020
93/100
One glass. This is an intense wine, the age of the solera is extremely notable. Bold and elegant; the color is a beautiful medium copper. On the nose, vanilla, baba au rhum, ginger biscuits, a huge mix of aromatic spices, burned firewood, some mushrooms and forest floor scent, deep meat sauce reduction. A meaty and oxidative aftertaste that lasts forever. I’d love to drink more of this. 93pt
Taster #7421 · Dec 8, 2019
Magnífico vino elaborado con Pedro Ximenez fruto de una solera de 1922 y que ha pasado 35 años de crianza oxidativa. De color ámbar con destellos amarillos. Nariz seductora, con más profundidad que intensidad en la que encontramos avellanas, barniz de mueble viejo, especias exóticas, café, tabaco inglés... Con la aireación se potencia un lado frutal, con fruta golosa. En boca tiene buen ataque, resulta untuoso, muy seco, reaparecen las avellanas y notas de azúcar quedado. Muy buenos amargos, largo …
Taster #4075 · Dec 29, 2018
92/100
Nice pale copper colour. On the nose, aromas of flora, almonds, orange rind, salted caramel, coconut, pumpkin pie and smoke. On the palate, a frank concentrated attack with the aromas on the nose and a long salty finish. Very nice amontillado. Tasted concurrently with the Marques de Poley Palo Cortado, this adds the complexity of the flora and a slightly better concentration. The Palo Cortado has a nice purity, but in comparison. Also, as good as this is, I don’t …
Taster #8497 · Nov 25, 2018
White pepper, nutmeg, dried mango, stewed apricot, bitter walnut and hazelnut. The fatness of the PX grape, plenty of bitter almong and walnut, and almond skin in the back- palate, smoke, dry Brazil nut finish. Lacks freshness and/or generosity. Very interesting. I just return to thinking that I'm a Jerez kind of guy
Taster #3681 · Jun 20, 2018
93/100
Incredible balance, fantastic nose. Rich and very salty, requires food to be enjoyed at its best
Taster #5081 · Dec 21, 2017
89/100
Tasting menu at Topolo. Nice pairing with a chocolate dessert. General impression only.
Taster #6647 · Jun 12, 2017
91/100
Great desert wine, good acid. Nice caramel note without any cloying.
Taster #2855 · May 4, 2016
Birthday tapas with Jeremy (Aatxe) : Has a bit of the curry/yeast-packet flor aroma, and also a touch of sweet medjool date bruised apple oxidation. A touch richer than the fino, but still a bit saline.
Taster #2826 · Mar 12, 2016
Apparently this is around 35 years avg, which I can believe as soon as I pop the cork. Dense concentration, hazelnut and tobacco leaf, peppery, smoky, deep. On the palate, lively, rich, dry, very very long and concentrated and quite seamless. Awesome.
Taster #2855 · Oct 7, 2015
Sherries at Aatxe with Jeremy (Aatxe) : 21% alcohol and holds it well. Slight sweetness - maybe only 10g/L RS. Rich, nutty, and date-y, with suggestions of dried cranberries - almost red fruit. Great acidity and some salinity made this very enjoyable.
Taster #3302 · Jul 26, 2014
Drank with Jim