Grape Varieties Flashcards
What are the three grape varieties permitted in Jerez?
Palomino, Pedro Ximénez, Muscat of Alexandria
What is the grape account for the vast majority of the plantings in Jerez?
Palomino
What wine does Palomino produce?
It produces wines that are naturally low in acid and lack obvious varietal aromas.
Why is important for Sherry wine production to use wines that are naturally low in acid and lack obvious varietal aromas?
because Sherry styles of wine are largely determined by either biological or oxidative maturation.
What are the features of Pedro Ximénez?
Similar to palomino, PX has little varietal flavour. Its thin skin makes it ideally suited to being sun dried and consequently it is used in the production of sweet sherries.
Where is Pedro Ximénez planted?
There is very little planted in Jerez. Most of the grapes that are used come from the neighbouring region of Montilla-Moriles
What is unusual about PX Sherry?
Being planted in Montilla-Moriles, it is an unusual feature of the regulations that these grapes can be used in the production
