white grape · regional staple
Pedro Ximénez
Andalusia, Spain
Say it
pay·drohhee·meh·neth
X is pronounced H in modern Spanish; final -z is /θ/ in Castilian but /s/ in Andalusian seseo (the dialect of the producing regions); English speakers commonly say hee-MEH-nes
On the palate
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How you spot it blind: Sun-dried raisin concentration; syrupy body with near-zero acidity
The story
First written down · 1609, Amsterdam
DNA fingerprinting identified Hebén — an ancient Iberian cultivar with Moorish-era roots — as PX's sole known parent, definitively disproving the Flemish-soldier-from-Germany origin legend.
Family tree: HEBEN × ?
Where it lives
Montilla-Moriles DO, Spain · Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO, Spain · Rutherglen and Barossa Valley, Australia
Shows up as
sweetfortifiedPedro Ximénez Sherrystill white
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Also answers to Pedro Ximenes, PX.
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