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Pedro JimenezPedro Ximénez Pedro Ximénez Variety of grape grown in Southern Spain "Pedro Jimenez" redirects here. For the American World War II soldier, see Pete Jimenez. For the Cuban baseball player, see Pedro Jiménez (baseball). Pedro Ximénez (also known as PX and many other variations; Andalusian pronunciation [ˌpeðrohiˈmene]) is the name of a white Spanish wine grape variety grown in several Spanish wine regions but most notably in the denominación de origen (DO) of Montilla-Moriles. Here it is used to produce a varietal wine, an intensely sweet, dark, dessert sherry. It is made by drying the grapes under the hot sun, concentrating the sweetness (similar to straw wine production), which are then used to create a thick, black liquid with a… (Source: Wikipedia)
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