| Region of production: | Montilla-Moriles |
| Winery Location: | Montilla |
| Year Established: | 1729 |
Vineyard Holdings
200 ha
Top Wines Produced & Inaugural Vintages
- Alvear Fino (Fino CB in Europe)
- Fino En Rama
- Amontillado „Carlos VII“
- Oloroso „Asunción“
- Pedro Ximénez Solera: Released as either 1830, 1920, or 1927.
- Pedro Ximénez Vintage: Generally released after three years of age. Inaugural vintage 1998.
Average Total Production
- N/A
Summary
Alvear is one of the most renowned bodegas located outside of the Sherry triangle, in the town of Montilla. The first recorded winemaking activity dates to 1729, making the bodega Montilla’s oldest producer and the oldest still producing wine in all of Andalucia. The house was originally set up as a shipper to the UK, and remains family-owned to this day. The bodega owns approximately 500 acres, all owned and managed by the house or members of the family. Staying true to Montilla, the house is renowned for their Pedro Ximénez bottlings, particularly their sweet wines. Alvear is fairly progressive. They began bottling en rama in 1998 before the trend took off in the rest of Sherry. They bottle vintage-date certain Fino wines and they create Fino wines from Pedro Ximenez grapes. Their range of dry wines are particularly aromatic and weighty, and the sweeter wines exhibit Montilla’s Pedro Ximénez wines’ classic style.
Style & Vinification Techniques
The bodega focuses entirely on the Pedro Ximénez grape, even for the generoso style wines. The grape naturally accrues more sugar in the Montilla-Moriles climate, giving them the ability to achieve excess of 15% alcohol, naturally, with less reliance on fortification, creating wines of more purity. The bodega contains holdings of wines up to 200 years of age.
Producer Website: Alvear