Spain Flashcards
Noble aging?
> 18 months in cask of less than 600L or bottle
Anejo aging?
> 24 months in a cask of less than 600L or bottle
Viejo aging ?
> 36 months in a cask of less than 600L or bottle
DOs of Andalucia
Granada
Jerez- Xeres- sherry
Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda
Malaga
Montilla Moriles
Condado de Huelva
Vino Generoso: Dry style
Fino
Amontillado
Palo Cortado
Oloroso
Fino
Matured by biological aging
Amontillado
Matured fino, oxidative aging follows biological aging
Palo Cortado
a fino, redirected toward oxidative aging during the second classification
Oloroso
Matured by oxidative aging
Vine Generoso de Licor?
Blend with Vino Dulce Natural or concentrated must
pale: dry: 4-45g/L RS
Medium: 4-115g/L , usually from Amontillado
Pale Cream: 50- 115g/L RS, usually from Fino
Cream: 115-140 g/L Rs usually from Oloroso
Vino Dulce Natural?
Naturally sweet wine fortified after partial fermentatin of sunned grapes
Dulce: >160 g/L RS
Moscatel: > 160g/L RS
Pedro Ximenez: > 212 g/L RS
sherry GV?
Palomino
Palomino de Jerez
Perruno
Beba
Vigiriega
Pedro Ximenez
Moscatell
soil of Sherry
albariza (Limstone)
barros (clay)
arenas (sand)
Communes of Sherry
Jerez de la Frontera, *
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, *
El Puerto de Santa María *
Chipiona, Rota, Trebujena, Puerto Real, Chiclana de la Frontera, Lebrija, San José del Valle
Sherry aging
All wine must be aged in solera >2 yrs
(Amontillado, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, and Pedro Ximénez Vino Dulce Natural):
VOS ( Very old sherry) : >20 yrs.
VORS(Very Old Rare Sherry): >30yrs