sherry Flashcards
three soil types
albariza (chalk)
barros (clay)
arenas (sand)
communes of production
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
characeristics of Jerez Superior
albareza soil
sherry triangle
+
Chipiona and Rota
two pagos of Lustau
Abulagar( Chipiona)
Montegil
avg rainfall in Jerez
24 inches
(irrigation prohibited)
advantages of Albariza soil
water retention
friable/easy to work
arenas soils are dedicated to what grape
moscatel
what is asoleo
raisening
what are paseras
similar to graticci
where they dry the PX grapes
max yield in sherry
80 hl/ha
spanish term for juice settling
desfangado
what is encabezado
fortification
done gradually through mitad y mitad (half wine half spirit)
what would a “/” mark on a barrel indicate?
“O”
fino/manzanilla
Olorosso
what would “t” indicate
palo cortado
how big is a bota
600 L american oak
how much wine evaporate per year
3-4 percent
what major factor determines the orientation of the cellar
to catch the Ponente wind from the west/block the sun
what is albero
clay like substance used in cellars to keep moisture
synonym for a criadera
scalas
“levels”
what is correr escalas
running the levels
another term for Trasiegos/Saca/Rocio
VOS stands for
Vinum Optimus Signatum
Very Old Sherry
what colours are the labels for VOS and VORS wines
VOS = orange
VORS = red
define Cabeceos
adding of sweet wine to dry wine ie medium sherry, cream sherry, etc
sugar range of cream sherry
115-140
sugar range of Medium sherry
5-115 g/l
serving temp difference between fino and oloroso
fino = 7-9
oloroso = 13-14
max alcohol for sherry
22
Valdespino bottlings
Tio Diego Amontillado
Cardinel Palo Cortado
Colesio Amontillado
Hidalgo bottlings
Napolean Amontillado
La Gitana Manzanilla
Wellington Palo Cortado VOS
Gonzalez Byass bottlings
Palo Cortado Apostoles
Vina AB Amontillado
Tio Pepe En Rama
Alvear bottlings
Carlos VII Amontillado
Ascunian Palo Cortado
PX Solera
what is Arrope
concentrated PX grape must used for sweetening sherry
what type of sherry is Croft Original
Pale Cream
bota vs bota gorda
500
600
traditional glass for sherry
copita
how does the climate of Montilla-Moriles compare to Jerez
more extreme
continental
higher elevation
sandier soils
sugar range of Pale Dry
4-45 g/l
sugar range of Medium
4-115 g/l
usually produced from Amontillado
sugar range of Pale Cream
50-115 g/l
usually made from Fino
sugar range of Cream
115-140
usually made from Olorosso
min r/s of Vino Dulce Naturale “Dulce” and varietal Muscat
160 g/l
min r/s of PX
212 g/l
name 3 grapes recently approved for sherry production
Beba
Perruno
Vigirega
min aging of Fino Viejo
7 years
How much juice can be produced from 100kg of grapes
70 litres
what is an Almacenista
a company that stores and ages sherry
define Amoroso
a slightly sweeter Olorosso
what is an aranzada
a local term for measuring an area
roughly .475 ha
Miraflores Pago is in what village
Sanlucar
