Sherry Flashcards
(26 cards)
Rootstock used in Jerez
13-5 EVEX
V vinifera x berlandier resseguier
Phylloxera resistant Fungal disease resistant Drought tolerant Chlorosis resistant Good yield Came from Gonzales Byass
Jerez pruning method
Vara y pulgar
Cordon with replacement cane
8 buds in vara
What is Aserpia?
Rigging up of soils between rows to capture rain in winter.
Important to retain more sub soil moisture during dry summer months.
What is the volume of a sherry butt?
600lt
What is Mitad y mitad
When 95% abv grape spirit is mixed with mature sherry and added to the base wine to avoid shocking the young wine when fortifying it.
What are the 4 classes of Bodega?
Bodega de Production - vineyard owners/ farmers who make base wine and sell it in bulk to….
Bodega de Elaboracion - mature wine for a short time and sell on.
Bodega de Crianza y Almacenado -
Almacenistas - aging bodega, can’t sell bottled wines.
Bodega de Crianza y Expedition - mature wine and sell it to market as a bottled product. E.g. Gonzales Byass, Lustau
Which markets showed growth for sherry?
France + Denmark
UK and Netherlands are also important.
80% shipped to UK is cream sherry
Who are Williams and Humbert?
Established 1877 Owned by the Medina Group since 1988. Own 240ha of vineyard this is 1/3 of their requirement. Significant number of Buyer own Brands Dry Sack medium Canasta Cream (Oloroso with Px) Use wild yeast 70.000 butt capacity
What is Grupo Estevez?
Sherry shipper established 1974
Real Tosoro, Valdespino, Ramires Perez Marin.
800ha of vineyards
50% of sales are private label
Fino Innocente is an important wine - barrel fermented which is a rarity
Who is Gonzalez Byass, Jerez?
Established 1835 Owned by Gonzales Gordon family. Biggest producer of biological sherries. 2/3 under flor. Mainly Fino Tio Pepe No. 1 best selling fino Croft original pale cream Apostles Amontillado del Durque (highend) VORS Noe PX Ananda Palo Cortado 30,000 butts Helped begin the En Rama (unfiltered) style to be more relevant to the market.
Who is Lustau in Jerez?
Established 1896
Owned by Cabellero Group since 1990
130ha of vineyard
Significant buyer own brand sales
Vintage dates ananda style sine 1990
Premiumisation leader with almacenista range In 1980s - high end and fashionable.
Premium labels - La Ina Fino, Solera reserva and almacenista bottlings.
Who is Bodega Tradicion, Jerez?
Established 1998 by Joaquin Rivero no vineyards Buys from almacenistas and other bodegas All work is done by hand No cold stabilization No filtering Only 20,000 bottles per year Very small, boutique and premium Does VOS and VORS Small range of classic styles
Who is Bodega Fundador
Established 1730s
Owned by Andrew Tan since 2016
Significant vineyard ownership
Key brand is Harvey’s Bristol cream - for volume.
Who are Urium?
Started 2007
Owned by Ruiz family
Purchased stocks of high quality almacenista rare sherry - 500 butts
This allowed for a a commercial release of a VORS range.
Gran Senor de Urium 100yr old Palo Cortado is the most prestigious wine
Jerez almacenistas?
Juan Garcia Jarana - supplies Lustau with pats de Gallina Oloroso seco
Views - Palo Cortado specialist - rare and exquisite Sherries.
Sanlúcar de Barrameda shippers
Hidalgo La Gitana manzanilla, Wellington Palo Cortado 90% of production is for manzanilla Small quantities of Manzanilla Pasada Relies on their own vineyards 500ha including Miraflores in Sanlúcar
Delgado Zuleta Make La Goya 1774- Said to be the oldest in the Marco de Jerez No vineyards 800,000 lt annual production
Role of the consejo Regulado
Consejo regulado de las denominaciones Origen Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
Established 1933 1935 full legal status
Inter professional industry body
Establish and enforced rules of D.O
Guarantees quality of wine produced
Acts as custodian of DO’s assets
Organised marketing, promotions, training
Maintains register of vineyards and what soils they are planted on + Bodega stocks, movements and rotations
Sets maximum yield + min alcohol level
Maximum stock depletion and veracity of age claims
What is primera Yema?
First run juice - suitable for fino styles
This also g with the escurrido (juice from the trailer) accounts for 75% of the potential juice)
Equipo Navazos
Jerez - started 2005 by Jesus Barquin. Buys small stocks of rare sherry for 650 bottle bottlings.
Light filtration no house style preferring to highlight the importance of vineyard on the wine.
La bota amontillado no. 1 - 2005
Sacchromyces Yeast strains for sherry?
4 strains
Saccharomyces beticus
Saccharomyces bayanus
Saccharomyces capensis
Saccharomyces cheriensis is dominant in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Sweetend sherry
Vinos Generosos de Licoror
PX - for high quality wines
Moscotel (muscat de Alexandria)
HRGM - highly rectified grape must
Arrope - cooked down and caramlised grape must this is used for pale cream.
Mistela - fortified must of Px or moscatel
Gonzalez Byass Matusalem
Harvey’s Oloroso VORS
Lustau East India
Pale 45g- 115g
Medium 5-115g
Cream 115-140g
What is a pagos?
Vineyard
Pago is singular
Gonzalez Byass
1835
Groupo Estevez
1974
