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what is the word sherry has originated from

A

sherish
arabic name for
Jerez de la frontera

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sherry demarcated district

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andalucia

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name the 4 grapes of sherry

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Palomino Fino
Perdo Ximinez
Moscatel Fino
Palomino de Jerez

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name the 2 DOs of sherry

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  • Jerez-Xeres-Sherry DO

* Manzanilla-Sanlucar Barrameda DO

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what is the Consejo regulador

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1935

guarentees the authenticity of the wines

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sherry style wines from cyprus?

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Cypriot fortified wines

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in US/EU sherry name legalities

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allowed to use name but region must be mentioned

Ex: californian sherry.

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what is sherry

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a fortified wine and a blend

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who is sherry produced and shipped by

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Bodegas de Crianza y Expedicion

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10
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Soils of sherry

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  • Albariza
  • Arenas
  • Barros
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Albariza soil?

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  • grape of palomino fino
  • chalk
  • white color
  • absorbs sun moisture
  • prevents soil from drying too much
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what are albariza area classified as

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Jerez Superior

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what are pedro ximinex grapes used for

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Blending, sweetening, colouring

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Arenas soil?

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  • muscatel grapes

* sandy, some clay and limestone

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Baros soil?

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  • more fertile

* clay and decomposed organic matter

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levante wind?

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  • hot easterly wine

* dries grapes during ripening

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Poniente wind?

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  • cool westerly wind

* allows the growth of flor

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steps in vinification of sherry ?

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  • harvest
  • pressing
  • classification of must
  • fermentation
  • fortification
  • classifications
  • blending
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when the harvest of the sherry grapes take place

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late august/september

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20
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what is soleo

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  • process
  • PX grapes dried out on ESPARTO grass mat in clear plastic tunnels
  • semi raisin state
  • very very sweet
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21
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maximum yield from 100 kg of sherry grapes

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70 L of must

additional 4l for unclassified wine

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what are the 3 sections of pressing grapes

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  • primera yema
  • Segunda yema
  • mosto prensas
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what is yeso or gypsum

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added to pressing
* makes wine drier and acidic and clarifies.
NOW = tartaric acid is used

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what is the modern alternative for yeso or gypsum

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tartaric acid

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what are casks called
botas
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what is the modern alternative for botas
stainless steel tanks
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why are the tanks not filled up to the top
to allow air to come into contact with the new wine | and growth of flor
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what will the abv% be before fortification
dry white wine | 11 - 12.5 % abv
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what is olorosso
no flor fortified to 17/18 % abv traditional/oxidative maturation
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what is fino
flor develops
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sherries on which flor grows
manzanillas finos amontillados
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name the 4 yeasts of flor
* * Saccharomyces - beticus - montuliesnsis - cheresiensis - rouxii
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what is the veil formed by flor called
velo de flor
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what is biological fermentation
preventing air from getting to the wine and oxidizing it
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abv of fino
15%
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600 L botas ?
american or canadian OAk | filled upto 500L
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what is the wine called when it is left for ageing for 12 mnths
sobretabla OR Anada
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what are the 3 basic types of sherries
- Fino - Palo Cortado - Oloroso
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flor in Palo Cortado
weak | dies when fortified
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what is solero system
fractional blending | * old wine is constantly refershed by the addition of younger wine of same style
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what are criaderas, minimum?
casks or scales | legal minimum 2 criaderas + solera
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what is the 1st criadera called
solera
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what does the year on a sherry bottle indicate
the year the solera was laid down
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what is new wine or single year wine called
sobretabla
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how much wine is drawn off from the solera at a time
only 1/3rd
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which grape is used to sweeten or darken the sherry
Pedro ximinez
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what else is used to color the sherry
caramel
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what is vino dulce
5 % abv pedro ximinez or muscatel must arrested by addition of grape brandy sweet
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what is used to make sherry darker
arrope | vino de color
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how is vino de color made
``` boiling mosto(unfermentd must) of pedro ximinez grapes down to 1/5 th = arrope 1/3rd = sancocho ```
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what is the final blend called
Cabeceo
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what is the cup with long handle called , used to take sherry ?
venencia
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traditionla sherry glass
copita
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name the 3 main towns where bodegas are located
Jerez de la frontera sanluca de barremed puerto de santa maria
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name all the types of wines
``` Manzanilla Fino Amontillado Palo COrtado Olorosos Natural sweet wines Pale cream Medium cream Cream East india Almacenista PX VOS VORS ```
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Manzanilla
very dry mature entirely in - Sanlucar de Barrameda * pungent yeasty nose, slightly bitter taste, salty tang
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Fino
very dry delicate 15.5 - 17 %
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Amontillado
``` dry wine amber color = cask maturation biological maturation . = flor * hazelnut character * 16-18 % ```
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Palo Cortado
``` Rare and expensive attracted flor beofre, but died off early. = amontillado or olorosso * traditional maturation ** cross of fino and amontillado ```
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Olorosos
18-20% dry may be sweetedn before bottling * baked oxidative flavor
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Natural sweet wines
pedro ximinez or moscatel grapes * fermented to 5% , add grape spirit * 15-22% abv * * dark brown color, very sweet, dried fig, apricot, raisin, liquorice
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Pale cream
dry flor wine + rectified concentrated grape must | ** upto 15.5 %
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Medium cream
amber cream nutty aroma ** 15.5 - 22 %
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Cream
oloroso + sweetening and coloring * pedro X for sweetening * * 15.5 -22 %
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East india
sailing ships crossing and re crosssing the equator sherry warms up and cools down gradually * rich and smooth
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LUSTAU brand name for which wine
East India Sherry
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who is Almacenista
a stockholder. * * buy sherry, produce solera, sell to sherry houses. * dry unblended sherries * for the connoisseur
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what is PX
* pedro ximinez * name of sherry made form 100% sundried PX grapes * matured for many years
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VOS
very old sherry | more than 20 yrs
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VORS
very old and rare sherry | age more than 30 yrs
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