SHERRY - Styles of Sherry - Dry sherries

8 important questions on SHERRY - Styles of Sherry - Dry sherries

Wat is the maximum rs of dry sherries

5 g/L

What is Manzanilla Pasada

  • Manzanilla Pasada has had a short period of oxidative ageing
  • The died naturally by not refreshing the barrels with new wine around the year
  • It may have entered a Manzanilla Pasada solera system
  • average few years older than Manzanilla
    • become to look like amontillado

How is Amontillado produced

  • Both biological and oxidative
  • they start in a Fino solera system
  • then re-fortified to 17% abv > flor dies
  • oxidatively matured in an Amontillado solera system
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Explain the difference between inexpensive and expensive Amontillado

Inexpensive Amontillado:
  • young biological aged wine from the youngest Fino criadera's
  • short time in Amontillado system

Expensive Amontillado:
  • longer ageing

What is Palo Cortado sherry

  • No stipulations on wine making or maturation
    • aromas similar to those of Amontillado
    • palate more similar to Oloroso due to oxidative ageing
  • Mandatory sugar level under 5 g/L
  • Mandatory alcohol between 17-22%abv
  • Started in Fino system, followed by Palo Cortado system, like Amontillado > Second classification > less delicate, more complex, less able to support the thick layer of flor > so had already some oxidation
  • typically very good - outstanding

What is the mail difference between Amontillado and Palo Cortado

  • Palo Cortado will have spent less time biological ageing
    • > acetaldehyde aromas less prominent
  • Glycerol levels from Palo Cortado are higher & concentration of the components
    • > fuller and rounder body than Amontillado

How is Oloroso sherry produced

  • Only oxidative ageing
  • After fermentation fortified to 17% abv to stop flor developing
  • Brown
  • tertiairy, oxidative aromas > toffee, walnuts
  • inexpensive > earlier released from solera system
  • premium > well-matured

What is En Rama sherry

  • A sherry finished and packaged in a way to be the best representation of the wine straight from the barrel
    • some no fining/filtration, som light (for export)
  • No legal definition
  • can be applied for any of the three dry styles
    • fino/manzanilla
    • amontillado
    • oloroso

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