Pedro Ximenez Triana, Bodegas Hidalgo Vintage:NV

Pedro Ximenez Triana, Bodegas Hidalgo Vintage:NVLike liquid Christmas! Dark, rich and opulently sweet with a dried plum flavour and raisins on the nose. Pedro Ximnez Viejo Triana is made from grapes which are initially allowed to dry in the sun. They are then pressed and vinified, before long ageing in soleras of American oak. Serve slightly chilled. Pedro Ximenez of this quality can either be served on its own as a luxurious after dinner drink, or as a dessert wine. Try with chocolate puddings, at

Vinification occurs in stainless steel thermoregulated tanks and the second fermentation is drawn in the bottle (a traditional method)

2015 Vintage comes from "La Côte" plot on the Grand Cru terroir of Avize

The wine is fined using bentonite and filtered (plate method) before being bottled

One of the World's top Champagnes

and can be up to 35 metres thick

which creates a looser bunch architecture

In the Adelaide Hills

The modern approach is to ferment the young wine together with dried grapes in the January following the vintage

such as tortillas de camarones

rich fish and pasta dishes

a reclusive little crustacean that inhabits the cast-off shells of others

grapes tend to be high in concentrated flavours