Cocktails with Pedro Ximénez sherry

Substitutes for Pedro Ximénez sherry

Raisin sweetness at the very top of the sherry scale — it is one of the sweetest fortified wines made, so anything else in its place leaves the drink drier than the recipe expected. Body is the other half, and lighter bottles pour thinner.

On the label

Pedro Ximénez

Both the grape and the style. The grapes are sun-dried before pressing, which is where the raisin concentration comes from.

vino dulce natural

Around 383 grams of sugar per liter — the sweetest thing in the sherry range. Moscatel sits at 160-plus, cream at 115–140. There is no “very sweet” step on a sherry label.

solera

The same fractional system as the dry styles: a third drawn, the rest topped up from older casks.