Fortified Wine - Sherry Flashcards
Name the region that makes sherry
Jerez la Frontera
Name the cool humid wind
Poniente
Name the hot dry wind
Levante
Name the climate of Jerez
hot, sunny climate
Name the soil of fortified wine
albariza
- high chalk content
- good drainage
- depth and excellent water holding capacity mean it can store water to sustain the vines during the hot dry summers
Therefore,
- rectangular pits are dug between the row of vines to trap the water and reduce run-off
Name the grape varieties
Palomino (vast majority)
Pedro Ximenez (dried sweet sherry)
Muscadet (mix of crone, small amount of sweet)
Temperature of the fermentaiton
22 - 26 degree
in stainless steel tank
What is the abv of the dry base wine
11-12%
What is the wine style of biological ageing
lighter, pale wine, more finesse
What is the wine style of oxidative ageing
darker, richer, heavier
What is the abv of adding the neutural spirit
95%
What is the abv for the wines to be fortified in biological ageing
15 - 15.5%
- development for flor
What is the abv for the wines to be fortified in oxidative ageing
17%
- flor will die
Name the DO that the wines in Jereze can be matured
Jerez la Frontera
smaller seaside towns:
1. Sanlucar de Barramenda
2. El Puerto de Santa Maria
What is the capacity of sherry oak barrels
600 litres
- no oak flavour
- five-sixth full
- allow oxygen to reach the wine
What is the requirement of flor?
- alcohol reach 15.5%
- temperature is cool to moderate
- high level of acidity
- in biological ageing
What is the function of the Solera System
treat as a second classification
- stage name: sobretabla
Name the level of wines in Solera System
Criaderas
Describe Solera System
- wine for bottling is taken out of the solera system from the solera
- the solera is not fully emptied and the butts are replenished with the same volume of wine taken
- all wines taken from the first criadera is mixed together then top up each butt in the solera
- the youngest cridera is replenished with sobretabla wine
Name the style of sherry that is biologically aged wines
Fino / Manzanilla (dry, consumed asap)
Pale Cream (sweet)
Name the style of sherry that is oxidatively aged wines
- PX
- Cream
- Oloroso
Name the style of sherry that is oxidatively and biologically aged wines
Medium (sweet)
Amontillado (dry)
What is the residual sugar of PX style?
500g/L residual sugar
Name the wines matured in Sanlucar de Barrameda
Manzanilla de Sanlucar de Barramenda
- the cooler more humid conditions on the coast guarantee a thicker layer of flor throughout the year
Manzanilla is most famous for the Fino style wine that is called
Manzanilla fina
What is the style of Palo Cortado
rare style of sherry
- Aroma character of an Amontillado
- body and richness of an Oloroso
What is the style of Oloroso
- brown in colour
- full-bodied
- toffee, leather, spice, walnut
(oxidative ageing)
What is the style of Fino
- pale lemon colour
- citrus, almonds, herbs with bready notes from flor
(biological ageing)
- consumed asap
What is the style of Amontillado
- amber and brown colour
- less full-bodied than Oloroso
- combined yeast-derived aroma with oxidative aromas
What is the style of Pedro Ximenez (PX)
- deep brown
- lusciously sweet
- dried fruit, coffee, liquorice
Ageing requirment of VORS
VORS = Vinum Optimum Rare Signatum / Very Old Rare Sherry
30 years old
Ageing requirment of VOS
VOS = Vinum Optimum Signatum / Very Old Sherry
20 years old
Albariza is the most important soil in Jerez. Explain what is the key characteristics and why it is vital for grape growing in Jerez.
albariza
- high chalk content
- good drainage
- depth and excellent water holding capacity mean it can store water to sustain the vines during the hot dry summers
- To max the water retained, rectangular pits are dug between the rows of vines to trap the water and reduce the run-off.
- Moisture retention is further enhanced during the summer when the albariza soil forms a hard crust that limits the evaporation from the soil.
