Bodegas Toro Albala’s Don PX Convento Selección 1964 is a vintage-dated Pedro Ximénez from Montilla-Moriles (Córdoba, Andalucía), built around extreme concentration and very long aging. The house is known for commercializing PX as a single-variety wine early on, and this bottling shows why these releases have become reference points for the category. The grapes were harvested in August and sun-dried for nine days before pressing, then the high-sugar must was fortified and aged for decades in American oak. It was bottled in February 2022, with a limited production reported at 4,630 bottles, typically in 200ml format.
Critical reception is exceptional. Luis Gutiérrez (Robert Parker’s *Wine Advocate*) awarded 99 points and called it “my favorite of all the old sweet PXs,” praising its “perfumed and showy” profile and its striking appearance: “denser than any of the other wines… the center is opaque and black.” He emphasizes aromatic lift—“an incredible perfume; it’s floral and spicy”—and a palate that “fills your mouth… like liquid gold and explodes in the eternal finish.” He also notes that it is comparatively restrained for the style at “15.5% alcohol” and “377 grams of sugar, also lower than most,” concluding: “Elegant and intense, simply delicious.”
IntoWine’s Loren Sonkin went even further, giving a rare 100-point score and describing the wine as “ethereal.” Sonkin highlights a deep-colored, fully mature PX bouquet—coffee, dark chocolate, caramel—and a texture that is “viscous and full-bodied,” with sweetness that is “not as sweet as expected” thanks to an “excellent acidity backbone” and a notably long finish.
Taken together, the reviews point to a wine that delivers the full PX spectrum—density, depth, and sweetness—while leaning on perfume, acidity, and persistence to keep it poised rather than merely heavy.
