A solera can easily be the largest capital investment of a family winemaking firm, and the barrels used are usually passed down to one's descendants.
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Solera
This word describes the traditional aging process for Sherry. Remember that botas are stacked. The bottom barrel is the Solera barrel.
Solera (Spain)
Primarily a method employed in the production of Sherry, the solera system may also be found in use in Languedoc-Roussillon and anywhere else involved in the production of fortified wines such as Madeira, ...
Solera
This is a process for aging wine by fractional blending over many years in a way that the finished product is mixture of ages. The average age gradually increasing as the process continues over many years.
Solera: The Spanish system of blending wines of different ages to create a harmonious end product; a stack of barrels holding wines of various ages.
Solera
A system of fractional blending that gives Sherry its character. A complex process by which several vintages are blended together over many years in a building known as a Solera, before bottling.
solera: A system employed in the production of fortified wines whereby wines of different ages are blended to achieve consistency of style.
sommelier: An adviser to restaurant owners and patrons regarding appropriate food and wine matches.
Solera (soh-leh'-rah)
A system of blending wines used primarily for Sherry and Madeira. Basically it is a way to add older wines to the new wine, in order to maintain a consistent style.
Solera When ageing Generoso wines, the last phase in the process. Wine is periodically drawn from the lower casks which never move, and refreshed with an equal quantity of wine from a criadera or cask above.
Solera: The lowest row in the tiers of barrels where wines are aged, used for the oldest wines. Also a system of breeding which consists of improving young wine with the addition of older wine.
Solera system - A process used to systematically blend various vintages of Sherry.
Sommelier - A trained wine expert that often works in fine restaurants.
Sparkling wine - Effervescent wine containing significant levels of carbon dioxide.
Solera: a term referring to a method known as "fractional blending" in which older wines are blended with younger wines to arrive at a consistent, similar-tasting product.
Solera System
A system used in the creation of Spanish sherry to carefully blend new and older vintages of wine to achieve a consistent style.
Sommelier
A wine steward.
Solera
A system for ageing sherry, consisting of a series of barrels (known as butts), arranged next to and top of each other.
Solera: Spanish system for aging and slow blending of Sherries in barrels. It is also the preferred method of blending used to make Tawny Ports and many dessert wines.
The Solera y Criaderas Method
No matter the style - fino or oloroso - all Jerez wines are aged by using the solera y criaderas method.
SOLERA: A system of maturing and blending sherry.
SODIUM DISULPHITE (E223): Is used as a preservative in some products and can also be used as a bleaching agent. It is sometimes used as a wine stabilizer.
Description for a wine whose alcohol and sugar dominate the tannin and acidity, resulting in a wine without roughness or hardness.
Solera System ...
Lustau East India Solera Sherry ($16.99)
Clear, very dark mahogany color, with ripe and full aromas of prunes, walnuts and brown sugar. Intensely sweet in flavor, "stone" fruit with a tart, lemony acidic "grip" to provide structure.
almacenistaThe owner of a small family-run solera in the Jerez region of Spain who sells his Sherry to the larger bodegas. The larger bodegas then blend in the Almacenista's Sherry with their own and often print his name on the label.
Sherry is made by an extremely complex method of fractional blending called the solera system. The grape variety used is principally Palomino, though small amounts of Pedro Ximenez may also be included.
The Spanish are the acknowledged experts, using the solera system of topping off older wines with the more recently made sherry. Thus there are no vintage sherries and the quality is consistent year after year.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Sweet, Sherry, Dry
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