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Toro Albalá

A Historic House of Pedro Ximénez
Toro Albalá

Toro Albalá should need little introduction as the most significant producer of Pedro Ximénez in the world today. Under the (some would say eccentric) guidance of Antonio Sánchez Romero, in 1970 Toro Albalá was the first Montilla producer to commercialise bottled, dessert-styled Pedro Ximénez. We believe the Bodega also remains the world’s only specialist in 100% vintage Pedro Ximénez. Toro Albalá works with the finest vineyard holdings in Montilla and today houses the oldest and most legendary stocks in the region.

 

Founded in 1844, Toro Albalá is based in Aguilar de la Frontera, right in the bullseye of DO Montilla-Moriles, the hilly Andalucían hinterland that forms ‘P.X. country’. The DO surrounds the two towns of Montilla in the north and Moriles in the south, both in the Province of Cordoba. In 1922 José Maria Toro Albalá purchased the Estate and made his mark by moving the whole Bodega into a former electrical plant. It was here that José Maria began to write the blueprint for the modern incarnation of Toro Albalá.

The Wines

Toro Albalá Poley Oloroso En Rama 15 Años NV (500ml)

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Toro Albalá Poley Oloroso En Rama 15 Años NV (500ml)

17% ABV. From a solera approaching a century of production, this rich yet almost fully dry Oloroso averages 15 years of age.

It’s fleshy, with a round and velvety texture and a long, vibrant finish. Unfortified again, the nose throws hints of caramel, orange rind and toasted almonds. The palate is mellow and super-complex, with lively freshness and complex flavours of quince, bitter orange and loads of brown spice and tobacco notes. The finish is long and iodine-rich. Perfect to drink on its own or sensational with almonds, charcuterie and very mature cheese.

It’s fleshy, with a round and velvety texture and a long, vibrant finish. Unfortified again, the nose throws hints of caramel, orange rind and toasted almonds. The palate is mellow and super-complex, with lively freshness and complex flavours of quince, bitter orange and loads of brown spice and tobacco notes. The finish is long and iodine-rich. Perfect to drink on its own or sensational with almonds, charcuterie and very mature cheese.

“The color is a bright orange, and the youthful nose is redolent of dry apricots, toffee and walnuts. Medium- to full-bodied, velvety, it has the telltale toffee and caramel flavors of an Oloroso. The strong bitter note makes an appearance again in the finish.”
90 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
Toro Albalá Poley Oloroso En Rama 15 Años NV (500ml)

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Toro Albalá Poley Palo Cortado En Rama 25 Años NV (500ml)

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Toro Albalá Poley Palo Cortado En Rama 25 Años NV (500ml)

Like all sherry-style wines in Montilla-Moriles, even the dry ones, this Palo Cortado is made from Pedro Ximénez grapes. It starts its life as a Fino, then becomes Amontillado as the flor dies and evolves further towards Palo Cortado as the character of the oxidative aging becomes stronger. You could say this wine is selected from the heavier, darker casks of Amontillado.

Bottled unfiltered with an average of 25 years, it opens with an intense with tobacco leaves, walnut and hazelnut underpinned by pepper and clove spice and notes of orange peel. The palate is dry with citrus peel and roasted nuts joined by super-fine, moreish savoury texture. It finishes with salty and intense close. It deserves the best jamón you can get your hands on.




Bottled unfiltered with an average of 25 years, it opens with an intense with tobacco leaves, walnut and hazelnut underpinned by pepper and clove spice and notes of orange peel. The palate is dry with citrus peel and roasted nuts joined by super-fine, moreish savoury texture. It finishes with salty and intense close. It deserves the best jamón you can get your hands on.

"There is a new November 2024 bottling of the NV Poley Palo Cortado en Rama Solera 25 Años, which now carries the bottling date printed on the back label to be able to tell it apart from other bottlings. The wine displays a bright orange color and a nose that reminds me more of an Oloroso with finesse than a biological wine, but apparently, it comes from old Fino aged in a warmish cellar that favors oxidative aging. It comes in half-liter bottles. It has a powerful palate, concentrated, with some rusticity, 20.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.1 coupled with 8.4 grams of acidity and a bone-dry finish. 9,000 bottles were filled in November 2024."
93 points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
Toro Albalá Poley Palo Cortado En Rama 25 Años NV (500ml)

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Toro Albalá Don PX 2023 (375ml)

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Toro Albalá Don PX 2023 (375ml)

Deep amber with coppery highlights. Raisins and figs lead, layered with honey and dried date, lifted by a touch of muscatel and the racy acidity that keeps this from ever turning cloying. Unctuous and concentrated, with a savoury, vegetal edge on the finish—the house signature of balance over sheer weight. 100% hand-harvested Pedro Ximénez, sun-dried on straw mats before pressing; 17% abv.

Toro Albalá is the world's foremost name in Pedro Ximénez—based in Aguilar de la Frontera, DO Montilla-Moriles, and the first producer to commercialise bottled dessert-style PX back in 1970. Old bush-vine fruit off chalky albariza soils, married to decades of winemaking discipline, is what gives their PX its trademark lift alongside the richness. A natural with chocolate desserts, salty blue cheese, or figs—equally good by the glass chilled as it is at room temperature.

Toro Albalá Don PX 2023 (375ml)

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