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Describe Sherry's principal locations and grape veriatals..
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Sherry production is centered around the two towns of Jerez and Sanlucar de Barrameda in Cadiz. Palimino, Pedro Ximenez, and Moscatel Gordo Blanco (Muscat of Alexandria) are the three allowable grapes grown on Albariza soil. 95% Palimino. PX is shipped in from Montilla-Moriles where there is more clay in the soil.
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Describe pre solera Sherry production
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Grapes are first harvested, crushed by men (pisadores)wearing zapatos di pisar in lagars (modern is pneumatic presses) and fermented in small oak barrells butts filled to 90% capacity.
Wine is assesed to determine wether or not it will become a fino style (with flor) or an oloroso style (without flor). Oloroso styles are fortified above 18% to kill any possible flor with mitad y mitad or 50-50 mixture of Alcohol and concentrated grape juice. All wines are fermented dry. Wines are then racked. Wines will be assesed over a period of 2 years to determine final style. Barrels are marked with chalk marks (rayas) to demark a casks style. |
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Describe post Solera Sherry style.
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Sherry is then placed in a solera system, which is a fractional blending system. The entire system consists of wine in butts, split into butts of equal volume, but of different maturation. The oldest stage is called the solera. Each younger stage is called a criadera or nursery. There can be on average from 7-14 criadera in the system. Wine is drawn off to be bottled from the mature solera and replaced by an equal volume of wine from the next oldest criadera, which is topped off by wine from the next oldest criadera and so forth until new wine is added to the youngest criadera called anada.
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Describe the styles of Sherry.
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Fino or Oloroso
Fino types: Manzanilla:Sanlucar de Barrimeda with some ageing Manzanilla Pasada Fino:Jerez with some ageing and loss of flor Fino-Amontillado with some more ageing 8 years minimum Amontillado. Sherry from Sanlucar de Barrimeda can also attain Amontillado. Oloroso: no flor |
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What are the two winds that affect sherry production, and describe how they affect it.
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Levante and Poniente. L= is from the east dries and concentrates the grapes. Poniente= is from the west off the atlantic wet wind that helps enable the flor to grow.
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