Fortified Wines Flashcards
Fortification DURING fermentation to stop the fermentation process produces what type of wine?
- a sweet fortified wine
fortification of a dry wine AFTER fermentation to stop the fermentation process produces what type of wine?
- a dry fortified wine
A Dry style of Sherry is made from what grape?
- Palomino grape
A Sweet style of Sherry is made from what grape?
- dried Pedro Ximénez grapes
What is Blended Sherry?
- blend of dry Sherry with a sweet component
What region in Spain is Sherry made?
- Jerez
What 2 Sherries are biologically aged?
- Fino Sherry
- Amontillado Sherry
What Dry Style of Sherry are oxidatively aged?
- Oloroso Sherry
What are the 3 steps in the winemaking process for Fino Sherry?
- dry white wine
- fortified to around 15% abv
- aged under flor in solera system
What are the 5 steps in the winemaking process for Amontillado Sherry?
- dry white wine
- fortified to around 15% abv
- aged under flor in solera system
- refortified to around 17% abv
- aged without flor in solera system
What are the 3 steps in the winemaking process for Oloroso Sherry?
- dry white wine
- fortified to around 17% abv
- aged without flor in solera system
When Fino Sherry is Sweetened, the Blended Style is called…
- Pale Cream Sherry
When Amontillado Sherry is Sweetened, the Blended Style is called…
- Medium Sherry
When Oloroso Sherry is Sweetened, the Blended Style is called…
- Cream Sherry
What are the 5 parts of the winemaking process for Port?
- rapid extraction of color and tannin
- partial fermentation
- fortified during fermentation
- sweet fortified wine
- maturation
