Alvear Pedro Ximénez Sweet Sherry Vinegar

Traditionally crafted in Cordoba, Spain, this sweet vinegar is made from ripe, award-winning Pedro Ximénez grapes that are harvested, sun dried, pressed and then fermented using traditional methods. Although it’s labeled as “sweet,” it’s only so because it’s made from a sweet sherry wine, so it’s not cloying, but you can detect a bit of the grape’s natural sugars. The flavors of the base wine are more concentrated, thanks to the method of drying and pressing ripened grapes. What you get is a juicer, more honeyed character. The touch of sweetness left in the vinegar enhances those aromas, yielding notes of dried fruit like raisins, figs and apricots. It’s much brighter than other more deeply aged sherries, with undertones that lean more earthy.

​ [/description-break] Ingredients [/title] Ingredients: Wine vinegar[/accordion] Specifications [/title]​Net Weight: 375 ml
Place of Origin: Spain[/accordions-break] This vinegar begins with the sought-after Pedro Ximénez grape, which is known across Andalusia for it’s complex depth of flavor and use in single-varietal sherries.[/banner_heading]Sherry wine is combined with a generations-old vinegar mother vinegar and then put through a traditional solera barrel-aging process for 10 years. The nuttiness that you taste in sherry comes from the exposure to air during the aging process. Natural yeasts form on the surface of the wine (called flor), which eat the sugars and impart a toasty, sometimes slightly savory nutty note.[/banner-text-break]This vinegar is excellent when it comes to adding a rounded fruit flavor to any vinaigrette. We love pairing it with mustard, honey, maple, black pepper and nut oils like sesame. Toss with bitter greens like radicchio or frisée, aged cheeses, toasted nuts and apples or pears. It’s also a great substitute for wine when it comes to deglazing pans, giving dishes a pop of acidity and deeper, more complex flavor. You can also try it in our Onion Frittata with Sherry Vinegar Sauce or our Roasted Chicken Breasts with Grapes and Sherry Vinegar. [/how-to-use-break]