Jerez Flashcards
French word for Sherry
Xeres
t/f: per 2021 regulations, wine reaching 15% ABV naturally does not need to be fortified to be made into Sherry
true
Sherry is made in this province
Andalusia
Christopher Colombus brought this wine with him from Andalusia and it was the first wine drunk in America
Sherry
These towns make up the Shery triangle
Jerez de la Frontera
Puerto de Santia Maria
Sanlucar de Barrameda
The famous white soil of Sherry
Albariza
What is albariza?
crumbly limestone + marine sediment
3 main soils
albariza
barro
arena
First DO of Spain
Sherry
Sherry was made a DO in this year
1933
Moscatel aka
Muscat of Alexandria
Palomino is known for being one of the ____ acidic grapes in the world and very ____-yielding
least / high
What happens to a base Sherry wine after it is fortified and before it is entered into a solera?
Ages in a barrel for 6 months to year to develop some complexity. this period of time is known as sobretable
What is sobretable?
period of time for a Sherry wine. Post fortification the base wine is aged in barrel for 6-12 months
Soleras consist of these barrels
600 liter american oak botas
A solera will contain as many as __ rows of barrels
14
the act of replenishing the wine in one row of the solera with wine from the criadera above
rocio
max % of wine that can be drawn from the solera per year
40%
The average Sherry barrel is __ yrs old
100
How is Amontillado Sherry made?
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
Palo Cortado ages…
oxidatively
Olorosso signature flavor
nutty, very nutty
olorosso vs fino production differences
olorosso is typically made with pressed juice (free run for fino), fortified to higher abv, fuller & richer, and moves slower through its solera
How is Cream Sherry made?
by sweetening Oloroso with the sweet juice of raisinated PX grapes
How are PX wines sweet?
the PX grapes are dried on mats
How sweet is PX Sherry?
400 - 500 g/l r/s
the signature aromas of flor aged Sherry is produced by…
Acetaldehyde
What is flor? what is special about flor?
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
what does flor feast on
alcohol and oxygen
t/f: Montilla-Moriles wines are often not fortified
true - hotter in Montilla-Moriles results in grapes with naturally higher ABV potential
what is en rama Sherry?
Made with little to no filtration - straight from the cask. can be made from any style
aging designations for Sherry
VOS - on avg at least 20 yrs old
VORS - on avg at least 30 yrs old
How long does manzanilla and fino last once opened vs amontillados, olorosos, creams?
manzanilla + fino - don’t last past a couple days
other styles of Sherry last multiple months
