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Córdoba province's own fortified-style wine, made from Pedro Ximénez on chalky albariza soil and aged through a solera: bone-dry fino at one end, black syrupy PX at the other.
Montilla-Moriles is its own denomination of origin, based in the towns south of Córdoba, and it is not sherry. Jerez lies roughly 200km away and works mainly with Palomino; Montilla-Moriles works with Pedro Ximénez, which ripens so high in sugar here that most of its wines reach their strength without fortification at all. The same grape produces the driest fino and the sweetest PX depending on whether it goes under flor or is sun-dried first. Córdoba's tabernas serve it by the copa straight from the barrel, and the Cata del Vino brings ten bodegas onto the Avenida del Alcázar every April.
4 editor picks for Vino de Montilla-Moriles in Córdoba, ranked by editorial score. All Córdoba signature dishes · Vino de Montilla-Moriles across every city.
Bodega Guzmán pours Montilla-Moriles straight from the barrel on Calle Judíos in Córdoba, under a wall of bullfighting posters and mounted heads.
OrderA copa of the amontillado, chalked up on the barrel head.
TipIt closes on Thursdays, which is the one day of the week visitors reliably turn up and find it shut.
The Plateros silversmiths' guild still runs this Córdoba taberna on Calle San Francisco, thick white walls set around a patio under a skylight.
OrderA copa of the house Oro Viejo with whatever tapa the bar suggests.
TipThe staff swap every round plate on the table for a square one when a coeliac sits down.
Vinoteca Ordóñez works a terrace within sight of the Mezquita in Córdoba, running a wide Spanish list built out from Montilla-Moriles wines.
OrderA Pedro Ximénez to finish, which is what this list exists to sell you.
TipAsk the staff to walk you up the Montilla-Moriles scale from fino to PX rather than ordering blind.
Taberna La Fuenseca sits on Calle Juan Rufo in Córdoba, a wooden-bar house on the city's historic-taberna register pouring fino en rama by the copa.
OrderFino en rama, poured cold, with whatever is on the tapa board.
TipThe kitchen stops at 23:00 and the place shuts Mondays, so it is an early-evening rather than late stop.
Vino de Montilla-Moriles makes more sense with someone from Córdoba explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Guided tour
Discover the most iconic corners of our winery in Aguilar de la Frontera with a tasting of reserve wines and vinegars. A unique experience that will guide you through ...
40 minutes
Tasting of 4 different wines each day, from the Montilla region, one of the most important wine-growing areas in Spain, with unique and special wines that will surprise you.
Private tour · 2 hours
Explore the city and taste the local food of Córdoba at the same time, learning the history and the emblematic places of the historical centre through gastronomy. Thre...
