Amontillado
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Amontillado is a variety of sherry that is darker than fino but lighter than oloroso.
Amontillado (Spain)
A true Amontillado Sherry is a matured Fino. When the flor dies and sinks to the bottom of the butt the wine loses its protection from oxidation conferred by the coating of yeast, and it begins to deepen and develop a rich, ...
Amontillado
a particular style of medium-dry Sherry
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Amontillado
A sherry that is aged for a time under flor yeast, then given a boost in alcohol to kill the layer of yeast.
Amontillado: A style of Sherry from Spain. The wine is completely dry, it ages in barrels and is then fortified with brandy to a final alcohol level of 16%.
Amontillado A style of Sherry obtained when fino is aged for a long time in wood. It resembles wines formerly prepared only in Montilla.
Amontillado
A medium dry style of Sherry. Traditionally an Amontillado was an aged fino sherry. ...Continue Reading
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Amontillado
This is an aged Fino that has a higher alcohol level and has undergone some oxidation to give it an amber color. Dry and nutty, but some producers make it slightly sweeter by adding some PX.
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Amontillado: A type of Spanish sherry, medium in color and sweetness between Fino (light and dry) and Olorosso (heavier and sweet). Amontillados are known for a distinctively nutty flavor not possessed by the other Sherry types.
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A style of wine obtained when fino Sherry is aged for a long time in wood.
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Nuts: Fino and Amontillado Sherries and vins jaunes of the Jura area of France are intentionally oxidized wines; this will give them a nutty overtone. Some oak-aged Cõte d'Or Chardonnays (Meursaults) display various nut-like over-tones.
AmontilladoA style of Sherry. The traditional Amontillado is a mature Fino that is fortified to give it a higher alcohol content (between 16% and 18%) and placed in barrels where flor cannot grow.
Flor is important in the making of fino- and amontillado-style sherries. Flor will not grow on wines with more than 16% alcohol.
Amontillado - A type of Sherry or Montilla, aged and amber colored with a nutty flavor
Barrica - The classic 225 liter oak barrel used to age wine, made from French or American oak.
Amontillado - it is a Jerez aged in cask, after having been drawn off from the solera, it is fortified and then kept in a cask where it will be allowed to age without the protection of the flor.
Sauternes / Muscat / Late-Harvest Riesling or Gewürztraminer / Vin Santo / Amontillado Sherry
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Palo Cortado: Scarce wine which is a cross between an the perfum of amontillado and the taste of oloroso.
Piguant: The sharp taste found in a light wine.
Pinot Nero/Pinot Noir: Dark red wine ...
Sherry: A fortified wine from a denominated region in southwest Spain; styles include fino, Manzanilla, oloroso and amontillado.
Shiraz: The Australian name for Syrah; also used in South Africa and sparingly in the U.S.
flor: A character of manzanilla, fino and amontillado sherry styles similar to green apple and nougat.
Fino is fresh and tangy and needs drinking as soon as it is opened - and ideal match for tapas. Amontillado styles are richer and nuttier, and Oloroso is darker with complex raisiny, nutty flavours.
From driest and lightest to sweetest and fullest, the styles of Sherry include manzanilla, fino, amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso, and cream Sherry.
 See also: Sherry, Wine, Fino, Dry, Sweet
  
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