Intermediate
Understanding Amontillado Sherry
Amontillado is a Spanish word that originally described sherry in the Montilla style. Today, it has two connotations in the sherry-making process…
Q & A
What is a Bodega de Crianza y Expedicion?
The Bodegas de Crianza y Expedicion are Jerez wine companies in charge of ageing and shipping wines. These bodegas are usually called ‘Shippers’. The ‘Bodegas de Crianza y Expedicion’ is the only of the 3 Jerez registers (the other two being Bodega de la Zona de Produccion and Bodega de Crianza y Almacenado’) in charge of exporting wines from D.O. Jerez-Xeres-Sherry or D.O. Manzanilla…
Q & A
What is a Bodega de la Zona de Produccion?
Bodegas de la Zona de Produccion, are wine producers in the Jerez region of Spain in charge of pressing grapes and fermenting the must into base wine. They must be located in the Sherry production zone and are usually under the form of large cooperatives…
Q & A
What is an Almacenista?
Almacenista comes from the Spanish word Almacén which means ‘store’. Almacenista is the term for a Jerez (also called Sherry in English or Xeres in French) stockkeeper who sells wine to shippers. In fact, it is a contraction of the legal term ‘Bodega de Crianza y Almacenado’ that designates the companies dedicated to aging wines in the Marco de Jerez (the triangle of Jerez wine production)…
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Tasting Note: Canasta, Sherry, Cream
Comments = not very complex aromatic and short finish
Final Grade = B
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Tasting Note: Valdespino, El Candado, Pedro Ximenez, Sherry
Comments = powerful candied and dried fruit flavours together with a long after taste. Its excessive sugar imbalance and sugary finish prevent it from pretending to a higher grade
Final Grade = B
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Tasting Note: Croft Original, Sherry, Pale Cream
Comments = not a long finish; this wine relies probably too much on its level of sugar to hide its lack of complexity and some imbalances
Final Grade = C+
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Tasting Note: Lustau (Xeres), Oloroso, Don Nuno, Seco
Comments = dense mouth but well balanced with a long finish
Final Grade = B+
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Tasting Note: Tio Diego, Amontillado, Valdespino, Dry Sherry
Comments = is it reasonable to expect more from a 6 euros wine?
Final Grade = B+