Fortified Wines Flashcards
How large is a pipe?
550-620 L
4 grapes of Madeira
Driest to Sweetest. Sercial, Verdelho, Boat, Malmsey
Sherry Pressing laws
72.5 liters juice per 100 kg of Grapes Primera Yema (free run first 60-70%), Segundo Yema(less good), Mosto Prensa (distillate)
Hottest region in Spain
Jerez
Name and character of Jerez winds
Levante, from east, hot and madness inducing
Poniente, from Atlantic, Humid and fIor inducing
River at NW end of Jerez
Guadalquivir
Three towns allowed to age/ship sherry
“golden triangle” of Sancular de Barrameda, EI Puerto de santa Maria, Jerez de la ontera
Training system in sherry
Vara y Pulgar, stick and thumb
Types of Soil sherry
Albariza (limestone)
Barros (clay)
Arenas (sand)
Valdespino beets
oldest house in Jerez
long time under flor
intense elegant Style
Listan is
syn Palomino
Most Common sherry grape
low acid
2 Varieties of Palomino
Palomino fino and Palomino de Jerez
Moscatel in Sherry syn
Muscat of Alexandria
Why is there so much Palomino in sherry
Palomino fino especially, disease resentence and high yields
Types of must Sherry
Primera Yema (60-70%, free run) Segundo Yema (press wine) Mosto prensa (distillate)
what is “yeso”
historic plaster made of cream of tartar added before pressing
Now they normally chuck tartaric acid into juice
how long will palomino normally be left on matts
Normally one day
max alcohol at which flor thrives
15%
Almacenista meaning
special premium blend of sherry
En Rama meaning
minimally filtered fino/manzanilla
2 DO zones to make sherry
exception
Jerez- Xeres-Sherry
Manzanilla-Sancular
PX from Montilla-Moriles allowed
name 3 sherry vineyards
Macharnudo, Anina, Carrascal
different soil in Sherry
sandy arenas coastal
Albariza on slopes of Jerez superior
low lying valleys have clay based barros
how many liters from 100 kg of grapes Sherry
72.5 Liters
72.5 liters of juice from how many kg of grapes in sherry
100 kg
What happens to sherry pre fermentation
primera yema and Segundo yema seperated
desfangado Style racking to clarify after acidification
thrown (typically) stainless Steel
fermented 11-12.5%
different fortifications of Still wine sherry
Palo, Verticle slash marking it,
to 15% abv
gordura, circle, fortified to 17-18% 50 no flor
What is sherry fortified with
mitad y mitad
mixture of mature sherry and grape spirits
ma in difference between Oloroso and fino
oxidative and flor
what happens to yeast in sherry
special brand of saccharomyces that still works without sugar
especially glycerins and volatile acidity
what is mitad y mitad
mixture of Mature sherry and grape spirit
What is sobretablas
intermediary stage for 6 mo. or a year where they find out if it’s fino or if it’s a little bitch in 600 liter butts
barrels used in Sobretablas
600 liter American butts
Carrascal, Macharnudo, Anina, Balbaina are what?
4 top pagos of sherry
What is intermediary period for oloroso
sobretablas
levels of sobretablas
Palma Palma Cortado Palo Cortado Raya Dos Rayas
Palma is
delicate fino style from sobretablas
Palma Cortada
bigger badder fino, probably going to be amontillado
palo cortado
less common, for almost gone
will be lifted up to 17% to oxidize after sobretablas
Raya
flor sucks
fortified up to 17/18%
definitely oIoroso
Dos Rayas
Rough and tumble son of a bitch
acidity coarse
goes into shitty blends
Dos Rayas
Rough and tumble son of a bitch
acidity coarse
goes into shitty blends or turns into vinegar
which sobretablas most likely amontillado
Palo cortado
which sobretablas most likely amontillado
Palma cortado
what is a criadera
a butt in a solera
how many liters can remain in solera for every one drawn
2
term for movement of wine within a soldera
trasiegos
trasiegos is
term for movement of wine within a solera