Jerez

Question 1

French word for Sherry

Answer 1

Xeres

Question 2

t/f: per 2021 regulations, wine reaching 15% ABV naturally does not need to be fortified to be made into Sherry

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Sherry is made in this province

Answer 3

Andalusia

Question 4

Christopher Colombus brought this wine with him from Andalusia and it was the first wine drunk in America

Answer 4

Sherry

Question 5

These towns make up the Shery triangle

Answer 5

Jerez de la Frontera
Puerto de Santia Maria
Sanlucar de Barrameda

Question 6

The famous white soil of Sherry

Answer 6

Albariza

Question 7

What is albariza?

Answer 7

crumbly limestone + marine sediment

Question 8

3 main soils

Answer 8

albariza
barro
arena

Question 9

First DO of Spain

Answer 9

Sherry

Question 10

Sherry was made a DO in this year

Answer 10

1933

Question 11

Moscatel aka

Answer 11

Muscat of Alexandria

Question 12

Palomino is known for being one of the ____ acidic grapes in the world and very ____-yielding

Answer 12

least / high

Question 13

What happens to a base Sherry wine after it is fortified and before it is entered into a solera?

Answer 13

Ages in a barrel for 6 months to year to develop some complexity. this period of time is known as sobretable

Question 14

What is sobretable?

Answer 14

period of time for a Sherry wine. Post fortification the base wine is aged in barrel for 6-12 months

Question 15

Soleras consist of these barrels

Answer 15

600 liter american oak botas

Question 16

A solera will contain as many as __ rows of barrels

Answer 16

14

Question 17

the act of replenishing the wine in one row of the solera with wine from the criadera above

Answer 17

rocio

Question 18

max % of wine that can be drawn from the solera per year

Answer 18

40%

Question 19

The average Sherry barrel is __ yrs old

Answer 19

100

Question 20

How is Amontillado Sherry made?

Answer 20

Spends 4-6 years in a solera aging under flor, then the wine is fortified again to kill the flor, and then placed in another solera to age oxidatively

Question 21

Palo Cortado ages…

Answer 21

oxidatively

Question 22

Olorosso signature flavor

Answer 22

nutty, very nutty

Question 23

olorosso vs fino production differences

Answer 23

olorosso is typically made with pressed juice (free run for fino), fortified to higher abv, fuller & richer, and moves slower through its solera

Question 24

How is Cream Sherry made?

Answer 24

by sweetening Oloroso with the sweet juice of raisinated PX grapes

Question 25

How are PX wines sweet?

Answer 25

the PX grapes are dried on mats

Question 26

How sweet is PX Sherry?

Answer 26

400 - 500 g/l r/s

Question 27

the signature aromas of flor aged Sherry is produced by…

Answer 27

Acetaldehyde

Question 28

What is flor? what is special about flor?

Answer 28

flor is a family of four strains of yeast. these yeasts are special because they consume alcohol and oxygen, not sugar. as a byproduct they produce acetaldehyde, which gives fino sherry its signature aromas and flavors

Question 29

what does flor feast on

Answer 29

alcohol and oxygen

Question 30

t/f: Montilla-Moriles wines are often not fortified

Answer 30

true - hotter in Montilla-Moriles results in grapes with naturally higher ABV potential

Question 31

what is en rama Sherry?

Answer 31

Made with little to no filtration - straight from the cask. can be made from any style

Question 32

aging designations for Sherry

Answer 32

VOS - on avg at least 20 yrs old
VORS - on avg at least 30 yrs old

Question 33

How long does manzanilla and fino last once opened vs amontillados, olorosos, creams?

Answer 33

manzanilla + fino - don’t last past a couple days
other styles of Sherry last multiple months