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A solera sherry has to be at least three years old when bottled. A quite similar process is called sostrera, used to produce fortified wines in the Mediterranean regions of France. [citation needed] In Sicily, where Marsala wine is made, the system is called in perpetuum. [citation needed]
Wines from different years are aged and blended using a solera system before bottling so that bottles of sherry will not usually carry a specific vintage year and can contain a small proportion of very old wine. Sherry is regarded by some wine writers [7] as "underappreciated" [8] and a "neglected wine treasure". [9]
A solera system storing Sherry. However the Sherry in Falstaff's day was not as strong as it is today because it had not yet become a fortified wine. The natural strength of the wine rarely topped 16% ABV and the wines were closer in character to the modern day wine still being made in Montilla.
A bottle and bowl of sherry vinegar produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Sherry vinegar (Spanish: vinagre de Jerez) is a gourmet wine vinegar made from sherry.It is produced in the Spanish province of Cádiz and inside the triangular area between the city of Jerez de la Frontera and towns of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María, known as the "sherry triangle".
Wines listed with Solera were made in a style similar to sherry, with a fractional blending of wines from different vintages in a solera system. [2] The Solera method of blending is most widely practiced in the sherry production of Spain. However, the rules for Madeira soleras are different.
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Solera system A process used to systematically blend various vintages of Sherry. Sorbic acid An acid that can be added to wine in order to halt yeast activity and alcohol production – such as in the production of some sweet wines.
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