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Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added. [1] In the course of some centuries, [ 2 ] winemakers have developed many different styles of fortified wine, including port , sherry , madeira , Marsala , Commandaria wine , and the aromatised wine vermouth .
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 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".
The main aldehyde found in wines, most notably Sherry. Acetic acid One of the primary volatile acids in wine. Acetification The process through which acetic acid is produced in wine. Acetobacter A bacterium found in wine that causes acetification resulting in the conversion of wine to vinegar. Acidity
In a Spanish sherry solera, the vintner may transfer about a third of each barrel a year. A solera sherry has to be at least three years old when bottled. A quite similar process is called sostrera, [8] used to produce fortified wines in the Mediterranean regions of France. In Sicily, where Marsala wine is made, the system is called in perpetuum.
The high sugar and low acid wine made from these pressings may be fortified or not, depending on winemaker style, but will usually be very sweet and have a strong aroma and flavor of raisins. The wine may also be aged in a solera, Montilla-Moriles similar to Sherry, with the age of the solera often stated on the wine label. Additionally, some ...
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The term Sherris sack later gave way to sherry as the English term for fortified wine from Jerez. Since sherry is practically the only one of these wines still widely exported and consumed, "sack" (by itself, without qualifier) is commonly but not quite correctly quoted as an old synonym for sherry.