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Pedro Ximenez, n.|ˈpɛdrəʊ hɪˈmeɪnɛθ|
Also Ximenes.
[The name of its Spanish originator: see Peter-see-me n.]
A large sweet white Andalusian grape esp. from the Jerez region, used in making sherry or an extremely sweet, raisin-flavoured wine; the wine itself.
1833J. Busby Jrnl. Tour Vineyards Spain & France 45 They make a white sweet wine with the Pedro Ximenes. 1846Pedro Ximenez [see Peter-see-me n.]. 1862C. Tovey Wine & Wine Countries iii. 108 Another variety made in the vicinity of Malaga, is the Pedro Ximenes, so called from a grape said to have been imported from the banks of the Rhine by one Pedro Simon, corrupted into Ximen, or Ximenes. This is one of the richest and most delicate of the Malaga wines. 1965Pedro Ximénèz [see Paxarete n.]. 1978Times 21 Nov. 11/3 The soil there is..planted almost entirely with the Pedro Ximenes grape, cultivated in the Jerez region mainly for use in blending. |