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Sherry is a complex category of wine that encompasses seven different styles, from dry to sweet. Learn about the grapes, production methods, and solera system of Sherry, and how to enjoy it with food and dessert.
Learn about the ten types of sherry wines, from crisp Fino to sweet Pedro Ximénez, and how they are made from different grapes and aged in various ways. Find out the characteristics, flavours and food pairings of each style of sherry.
Feb 9, 2023 · In this Dan's Daily guide, learn where and how sherry is made, the difference between dry and sweet sherry, different types of sherry (including fino, manzanilla, amontillado, oloroso and more), and how to drink sherry (including sherry cocktails).
- Lulu Morris
- Vicki Denig
- El Maestro Sierra 15 Year Oloroso. This flavorful 15-year-old oloroso oozes with notes of molasses, caramel, citrus rind, brown sugar and salt. At 19% ABV, this hefty wine promises to leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside.
- González-Byass Del Duque Amontillado VORS N.V. This 30-year-old amontillado from González-Byass is as good as it gets. Notes of honey, burnt citrus, toffee, dried fruits and sweet spice lead to a layered and unbelievably long finish.
- Gutiérrez Colosía Fino. Gutiérrez Colosía’s dry fino sherry jumps with notes of hazelnuts, yeast, lemon skin and sea salt. Less fruit-driven and more savory than Tío Pepe’s expression, this bottle pairs perfectly with tinned fish, Ibérico ham or a variety of salty spreads.
- La Cigarrera Manzanilla. This briny manzanilla sherry, produced from 100% palomino in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, oozes with flavors of citrus, tea leaves, dried herbs, sea spray and almond skin.
Mar 21, 2022 · A basic cream Sherry is more or less an oloroso with sweet grapes like Pedro Ximénez (PX) or Moscatel blended in. In complex varietal PX and Moscatel-based Sherries, freshly picked grapes are sun-dried to concentrate sugars and flavors.
- Michael Schachner
Sherry Wines have sensory characteristics whose variations and nuances are rarely matched elsewhere in the wine world. They range in colour from the palest, clearest greenish yellow of the biologically aged wines to the darker, more opaque mahogany of the natural sweet wines, with various shades of gold, amber and chestnut brown in between.
Apr 6, 2023 · Sherry is a style of fortified wine made in what is often colloquially referred to as the "sherry triangle" in southern Spain's Andalucia region. This triangle is created by the...
