Sherry Flashcards
Three main cities for Sherry production
Jerez de la frontera
Puerto de Santa Maria
Sanlucar de barrameda
Grapes fro Sherry production
Palomino fino
Muscat d’alexandria
Pedro Ximenez
3 types of Soil in Sherry production area
Albariza: white 60-80% chalk with great water retantion. Areas with this soil are called jerez superior
Arenas: mainly sand but also limestone and clay
Barros: mainly clay but also chalk
Where do usually PX grow and where are vinified
They grow in montilla-moriles (outside Jerez) where they sundry but they are vinified in Jerez for the the solera
In what soil do Muscat usually grow
Sand
How are the different “pressing” called in Sherry production
Yema:
Primera yema
Segunda yema
Mosto prensas: for unclassified wine and distillation
Why are cats not filled up to the top
Bc it’s important for Origen to interact with the wine and for the development of flor
What does the first classification in Sherry consist of
Biological aging
Oxidative aging
How are the 600L vats called
Botas
Fino
Una palma
DOS Palmas
Tres Palmas
Meaning
1- 6 years
2- 8 years
3- 10 years
Tio Pepe bypass
The floor resist for all those years
What is palo Cortado
It’s a fino Sherry who lost the flor cover and finished as an amontillado
How are the scales of the solera system called
Criaderas
What is the min number of criaderas in a solera system
2 + 1 solera
How is the new single-year wine called ina solera system
Sobretabla
Min aging of Sherry in the solera system
Min 3 years and 1 day
