sherry Flashcards
three soil types
albariza (chalk)
barros (clay)
arenas (sand)
three towns
Sanlucar
El Puerto de Santa Maria
Jerez de la Frontera
two winds
Levante (dry wind from the east)
Poniente (humid atlantic promotes flor growth)
what is the largest pago in jerez
Macharnudo
two strains of Palomino
Palomino Fino (preferred) Palomino de Jerez
Moscotel is mostly planted in what soil type
arenas (sand)
what is the traditional vine training system in the region
vara y pulgar (pruning alternate spurs every other year)
max yields for sherry production
80 hl/ha (jerez superior)
100 hl/ha (elsewhere)
max amount of yield for palomino fino specifically
72.5 litres of juice for every 100kg of fruit
what are the three cuts or stages of sherry must
primera yema (free run, which is about 65%, used for fino) segunda yema (the pressed juice, used for olorosso) mosto prensa (poor quality later juice used only for distillation)
when would sherry be acidified
prior to fermentation
define “lenta”
the slower, cooler second stage of fermentation
define Palo and Gordura
once the base wine has been created, its path is decided, depending on whether it will be a fino sherry (palo) or an olorosso (gordura)
a palo one gets a vertical slash drawn on the barrel, a gordura gets a circle.
Most important pago in Sanlucar
Miraflores
Marchanudo is a pago in what part of the sherry triangle
jerez
define the term Trasiegos
the movement of wine through the solera system
what is Saca
the ‘taking out” of wine from a criadera
what communes were recently added to the sherry zone of production
Chipiona
Rota
Trebujena
Puerto Real
San Jose del Valle
independent vineyards account for what percentage of sherry production
22%
what is an Almacenista
they make and age sherry but sell the wine in bulk to shippers who release the wines under their own labels
