Jerez-Xeres-Sherry Flashcards
DOs of Andalucia
Condado do Huelva
Jerez-Xeres Sherry and Manzanilla
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Malaga/Sierras de Malaga
Montilla-Moriles
Granada (2021)
How big is a bota
600L
Producing provinces of Sherry
Cadiz (main port town)
Séville
en rama means this
Unfiltered
Popular relatively new style of Sherry released with only lightest of clarifications. tastes like a sample straight from cask
Fino manzanilla
Townships of the sherry triangle
Jerez de la Frontera
Sanlucar de Barrameda
El Puerto de Santa Maria
Chipiona Rota Trebujera Puerto Real Chiclana de la Frontera Lebrija
what year did Sherry gain DO status
1935
Authorized grapes for Sherry
Palomino Fino
Palomino de Jerez
Moscatel (only allowed for varietal moscatel wines)
palomino is also called this
Listán (in France)
largest producers of Sherry
Gonzales Bypass
Williams and Humbert
Domecq
Sandeman
Sanchez Romate
Emilio Lustau
Valdespino
who produces La Gitana Sherry what is it
Manzanilla, Hidalgo
alcohol levels for sherry
15 to 17% Fino
16 to 22% amontillado
17 to 22% oloroso/ Palo Cortado
15 to 22% medium dry
15.5 to 22% pale cream
Main soil type of Xerez
Albariza (white chalk)
name of Strait that Bridges Africa and Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
how did the term Sherry come about
Jerez de la frontera is “sherish” in Arabic
English call Sherry this
Sack
name some Sherry yeasts
Rouxii
montelenisis
Baticis
These yeast can withstand higher temperature
Aging requirement for Sherry
All wines must be age in Solera at minimum two years prior to release
Only these styles of Sherry are authorized for certified age designation
Amontillado
oloroso
Palo Cortado
PX vino dulce Natural
What is VOS
what is VORS
20 average age
30 average age
what is a sobretable?
The period of time a new wine spends before it goes in Solara usually 6 to 8 months
What is Mitad Y Mitad
Half and half
when they fortify they mix spirit with older wine first then into fresh sherry so it’s not too much
Dry sherry is this
5 to 45 g/L fortified with VDN
sweeter than manzanilla Or fino
Who produces La Cigarrera? What is it?
Ignacio Hidalgo
Manzanilla, Sanlucar de Barrameda
manzanilla can only be produced in this town
Sanlucar de Barrameda
some of the earliest sherry firms
Osbourne
Garvey
John Harvey (now Domecq)
three principal soils of Sherry
Albariza (limestone)
Barros (clay)
Arenas (sand)
Max yields for Sherry
Jerez Superior: 80 hl/ha
All other vineyards: 100 hl/ha
min RS for Pedro Ximenez VDN
212 g/l
Min RS for Dulce VDN
And Moscatel VDN in Sherry
160g/l
what is Amontillado
Mature Fino
oxidative aging follows biological aging
What is Palo Cortado
A fino, redirected toward oxidative aging during second classification
two types of fermentation in Sherry production
Tumultuous (first)
Lenta (second)
styles produced in Sherry
Vino generoso: dry and style max 4 g/L RS (fino, Amontillado, Palo Cortado, Oloroso)
Manzanilla Vino generoso: (fina, pasada, olorosa) aged
Vino Generoso de Licor: (Vino generoso blended with VDN)
Vino Dulce Natural: soleo grapes, sweet, fortified
Dulce: 160 g/l RS
Moscatel:160 g/l
PX: 212 g/l
what is Vino de Color
Non-alcoholic, cane sugar wine added to must after fermentation
Often added to cream sherry, to add sweetness and color