Fino
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Solera Fina and Zamarra varieties of Fino, from Lebrija ...
Fino
A style of Sherry. Pale in colour, because it has been protected from oxidation from the thick coating of yeast known as flor. Best consumed as soon as possible after bottling as at this point the protection from oxidation is lost.
Fino (fee-no)
A dry type of Sherry (a fortified wine from Spain). It is one of the styles of Sherry which is created by the presence of flor (A type of yeast found on some wine).
Flor (flore) ...
Fino (fee-no)
a particular style of dry Sherry
Fleurie (fluh-ree)
village in the Beaujolais region ...
Fino
A little headier than a Manzanilla but still delicate in nature. Elegant and tangy with a blooming bouquet. An almost perfect seafood wine.
Amontillado ...
Fino - A Sherry type that is dry with delicate aromas and flavors. It is usually served as a chilled aperitif. It should be consumed as young as possible because it will begin to oxidize within a year of bottling.
Fino
If you see Fino on a Sherry label, it means it's very light and very dry.
Fino A type of Sherry on which Flor has bred freely.
Flor A film of yeast growing on the surface of certain wines, particularly fino Sherries and Montillas.
Fino
A light, dry sherry that is matured under a layer of flor yeast. Finos are characterized by flavours of apples, almonds and bread.
Fino: A style of Sherry that is pale in color, light in flavor, and dry. Fino is served cold as a refreshing aperitif.
Filtering: Elimination of the deposits formed in a sparkling wine during its second fermentation in the bottle.
Fino: A pale coloured, dry and light bodied style of sherry that displays flor characters.
firm: A wine with strong tannins.
flabby: A wine that lacks acidity and therefore appears dull and lifeless on the palate.
Fino
A dry, light style of *sherry that has a distinctive salty, tangy flavour that comes from being aged under a layer of yeast cells, called a 'flor'.
FINO
Term found on some Sherry labels to denote the winery's lightest and driest Sherries.
Fino is aged in cellars in Jerez whereas Manzanilla is aged in the bodegas of coastal town Sanlucar de Barrameda.
FINO: A dry light sherry matured under Flor.
FLOWERS OF WINE: A white skin which gradually forms on wines exposed to air. This will decompose the wine eventually. (Not to be confused with Flor, a sherry film.) ...
TINTO FINO: Clonal version of Tempranillo variety found in the Ribera del Duero DO east of Valladolid, Spain.
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.
Palomino Fino is a white grape that is easily sherry's predominant grape. It is also found in parts of the New World where it is principally important in making sherry copies.
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.
Manzanilla, which belongs to the family of fino, depends on the development of the so called flor, the layer of yeast which forms on the surface of the wine inside the cask.
Fino - A type of sherry or Montilla, young, salty, tasting of the sea
Galicia - Coastal region in Northwest Spain famous for seafood, dry white Albariño based wines and it's Celtic culture
Garnacha- Grenache grape varietal ...
Hermanos Lurton 1994 Tempranillo Crianza Tinto Fino Vino de Mesa de Castilla y Leon ($8.49)
Hermanos Lurton 1995 Tinto Fino Vino de Mesa de Castilla y León Tempranillo Rueda (Spain) Table Wine ($5.99)
Remelluri 1994 Rioja ($11.99) ...
Tinto Fino in New York, for instance, sells only wines from Spain. This means consumers can go deeper into certain regions than ever before because these stores tend to find unusual stuff from small producers.
" One of the two broad categories of Sherry, the other being Fino (above). Olorosos are typically dark and full-bodied, in contrast with the light Fino; most are made sweet, but dry Oloroso (like the Emilio Lustau Don Nuño) can be a revelation.
Also known as, Palomino Fino, Tempranilla, Temprana, Horgazuela, Alban, Listan, Perrum, Fransdruif, White French, Sweetwater, Paulo.
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Auckland, New Zealand ...
Sherries, of course, also come in non-dessert forms; Fino is pale and bone-dry, and makes an excellent accompaniment to seafood; ...
Some other reported versions that exist are the Tinto Fino of the Zamora region, Tinta del Pais of the Ribero del Duero and Tinta de Toro in the Toro region. In Portugal the grape is known as the (Tinta) Roriz and Aragonez.
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.
Alsace Pinot Gris / Vernaccia / Beaujolais / Fino or Amontillado Sherry
Blue Cheese - Gorgonzola, Dolcelatte, Bleu de Bresse ...
Oloroso
The Spanish term for fragrant and one of the two types of sherry, the other being fino. A dark, intensely fragrant, full-bodied sherry. Used with added sweeteners to make cream sherries.
Yeast that forms after fermentation, producing a film on the wine's surface and imparting a distinctive flavor if left in contact with the wine. Fino sherries are produced by aging under flor, ...
A medium dry style of Sherry. Traditionally an Amontillado was an aged fino sherry. .
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None in Australia. The variety is also known in Spain as Tinto Madrid, Tinto de la Riojga, Tintao Fino, Tinto del Pais and Tinto de Toro, in Portugal as Tintao Roriz or Aragonêz, in California as Valdepenas and in Italy as (probably) Negretto.
Tempranillo is a grape of mystery, traveling the world under different names like a spy with many passports. Even in Spain, its homeland, tempranillo is known as tinta de Toro, tinta del pais, tinto fino, cencibel and ull de llebre ("hare's eye").
From driest and lightest to sweetest and fullest, the styles of Sherry include manzanilla, fino, amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso, and cream Sherry.
Tempranillo is known variously throughout Spain as Cencibel, Tinto del Pais, Tinto Fino, Ull de Llebre and Ojo. It's also grown along the Douro River in Portugal under the monikers Tinta Roriz (used in the making of Port) and Tinta Aragonez.
 See also: Wine, Sherry, Dry, Sweet, Style
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