Fortified Wines Flashcards
triangle of Sherry
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Jerez de la Frontera
Puerto de Santa Maria
DOs of sherry
Jerez-Xeres-Sherry DO
Manzanilla-Sanlucar de Barrameda DO
When was Consejo Regulador was established
1935
It is permitted to use the name sherry if the wine be labelled with a country region
ex California Sherry
True
Grapes of sherry
Palomino Fino
Px
Moscatel Fino
Palomino de Xerez
what is the mani soil of Sherry and what special abilities
Albariza (60-80% chalk)
Soil absorbs aand hold moisture and reflects the sun, preventing the subsoil from drying too much
State some pagos of Sherry
Macharnudo
Carrascal
Anima
Miraflores
Balbaina
Other soils of Sherry
Arenas: sandy with caly and limestone
Barros:sandy with more clay,limestone and more decomposed organic matters (more fertile)
In what soils is Moscatel Produced
Arenas and Barros
Where is PX produced
Montilla-Moriles DO
what is levante
hot easterly winds, which dries the grapes during riupening
what is poniente
cool westerly winds whcih allowsthe growth of flor in the bodegas
when does harvest take place in Sherry
August / September
How is called the prossec of drying of th grapes
Asoleo or soleo
Where do PX grapes dry
On esparto grass mats called redores