Sherry

Question 1

What are the permitted grape varieties in jerez?

Answer 1

Palomino
Pedro Ximenez (PX)
Muscat of Alexandria

Question 2

What is the benefit of solera system?

Answer 2

The advantage of the sole system is that it produces a wine of consistent style and quality!

Question 3

What are the differences of biological aging and oxidative aging

Answer 3

During the autumn wines are classified to 2

lighter paler wines with more finesse goes to biological aging

Darker richer heavier wines goes to oxidative aging

Fortification for biological is 15 - 15.5 abv
Fortification for oxidative is 17 abv

Biological aging flor is important. It’s made up number of yeast strains. They feed off the alcohol and the oxygen in the atmosphere to produce Co2 acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde gives unic flavour to biologically aged sherries. Flor consumes alcohol and nutrients there for addition of new wine is needed.

Oxidative aging has no flor and impact of oxygen on these wines is greatly enhanced by the air present in the part filled butt. Introducing of young wine is helps to preserve the base character and other wise become overly oxidised.

Question 4

What are the differences of fino and Olorosso sherry?

Answer 4

Palomino grapes 
Destem and crush
Press
Alcoholic fermentation 
Dry wine 

Pale lighter finesse character wine goes to fortification with 15 abv and to sobretabla
Having biological aging, flor is important during this time.after trough solera and coming out fino sherry.

For olorosso darker richer wines goes to fortification with 17 abv and than sobretabla than straight oxidative aging in solera system.after complete it olorosso is coming out.

Question 5

What are name of the winds which effect climate ?

Answer 5

Poniente: cooling humid westerly winds.
Lavante: hot drying wind from east

Question 6

Albarizza soil

Answer 6

Very chalky.
Good drainage.
Keeps hot.
Vitally its depth is excellent hold good water capacity.

Question 7

How the Solera system works

Answer 7

The wine made from palamino grapes diveds to lighter paler for Biological aging with 15abv
Darker richer for Oxidative aging 17abv
After that wine goes to Sobretablas to be transfer Criaderas. It can be 3 to 14 criaderas
For each line of Criaderas are blends than transfer to another line of Criaderas
Last line calls solera. The wine taken from that line blends than goes to the bottle.

Question 8

Dry style Sherry are

Answer 8

Fino/Manzanilla( biological 15abv)
Amontillado(biological 15abv+oxidative 17abv)
Olorosso (oxidative 17abv)

Question 9

Sweet style sherry are

Answer 9

• *Pale Cream =Fino/Manzanilla( biological 15abv) + RCGM
• *Medium= Amontillado(biological 15abv+oxidative 17abv) +PX
• *Cream= Olorosso (oxidative 17abv)+PX
• *PX

Question 10

What are the Age indications of sherry

Answer 10

12 years old avarage
15 years old avarage
VOS -avarage of 20 years old
VORS - average of 30 years old