SHERRY - Styles of Sherry - Sweetened wines

4 important questions on SHERRY - Styles of Sherry - Sweetened wines

How are sweet sherry wines made

  • By natural drying of PX of Moscatel grapes
  • By adding a sweetening component to a to dry fermented fortified and aged (Palomino) sherry

What is the difference between inexpensive and expensive Sweetened sherries?

  • Inexpensive sherries are made from young wines and sweetened just prior to bottling
  • Premium Sweetened sherries may be further matured in its own solera system
    • e.g. Gonzalez Byass' Matusalem VORS Cream Sherry remains 15 years in a solera system after the dry and sweet sherries (already aged for15 years) have been blended

How is Pale Cream sherry made

  • They must have undergone a period of biological ageing prior to sweetening
    • > subtile flor character > sweetening component overrules some of the flor characteristics
  • RCGM (rectified concentrated grape must) is usually used
    • > does not add colour of own flavours
  • Not aged very long > sweetening component dilutes some of the flavour characteristics
  • medium-sweet to sweet
  • most are inexpensive / acceptable-good
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What are the differences and similarities between Medium and Cream sherry

  • Medium sherry must show characteristics of both biological and oxidative ageing, Cream sherry only oxidative
  • Medium sherries are off-dry to sweet Cream sherries are sweet
  • Both:
    • blended with PX for sweetening
    • from inexpensive - premium
    • younger wines for inexpensive
    • premium from well-matured Amontillado, Oloroso, PX

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