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Fortified Wines
Fortified wines or Vin de liqueur are
strengthened with the addition of alcohol usually
grape spirit.
Sherry (Spain) - 16-21%
Port (Portugal) - 18 - 22%
Madeira (Portuguese Island of Madeira) - 18%
Marsala (Sicily) 18%
Malaga (Spain) 18%
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Spain
SHERRY PRODUCTION
Was known as sack “Spanish word Sacar means to export
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Real Sherry comes from Jerez de la Frontera In the southwest of Spain in the province of Andalusia.
Jerez (Pronounced as Hereth, from which the word sherry evolved.
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Palomino is the main grape variety, comprising about 95 percent of all sherries
Pedro Ximenez a
sweeter grape, also
made into a sherry
by the same name
Moscatel (Muscat) also used
GRAPES
Soil Samples from Jerez DO
Pedro Ximenez Palomino Moscatel
Three types of soil in Jerez: Soil
Albarriza – (alba – white from Latin) - Chalky & Best
Barro – Clay & Second Best
Arena – Sand
Making 1. Pressing
2. Débourbage (racking) 3. Fermentation 4. Classification 5. Fortification 6. Aging 7. Flor development in Fino/Aging Oloroso 8. The Solera 9. Blending 10. Finishing
Making
Pressing the grapes-Traditional Lagars or modern machines.
Fermentation - Fast or Slow
There are three basic types of Sherry –
Fino
Amontillado
Oloroso
All the styles of sherry are fortified by the addition of high strength local Brandy
A yeast called "flor" (flower) develops on the surface of the Sherry resting in the casks
Flor grows on the wines destined to become Finos, leaving the wine very dry and crisp
Flor grows less fully on the Olorosos and Amontillados
Technically flor is a yeast strain called
Saccharomyces beticus
Flor is a blessing, it seals the wine from harmful bacteria & prevents it from oxidising
Flor is however unpredictable
After maturation(usually one or two years), wines are placed in a solera for aging
SOLERA
The solera is formed by multiple rows of 600 liter old American oak barrels- Butts
The solera may contain as many as fourteen rows of Criaderas (Small Barrels)
The solera system oak casks rest in bodegas
When wine is needed for bottling, a little is drawn off from the oldest casks called the "soleras"
Each row of criaderas is re-filled from the one above it
2nd criadera
solera
Sherry is not the product of any one year, the
solera system ensures that and by law only
30percent of the solera can be drawn off each year
Fino and Manzanella
Fino and Manzanilla - dry styled sherries are made by allowing the flor to bloom in the barrels
Required alcohol content is 16% - 21% ABV (up to 18% in Finos)
Amontillado
Amontillados - Fino sherries fortified to
17% then into another solera without flor
Resembles wines made in a nearby region of Montilla
Olorosso
Made with slightly higher alcohol fortified so that flor could not exist
Oloroso sherries go through the solera more slowly – developing deep caramel flavors
May be dry, or it may be lightly sweetened with a bit of the juice from Pedro Ximenez
Palo Corado
special style – comes from an early transition from development under flor to oxidative
After a few months development under flor, it is fortified to 18-20% ABV - halfway between Amontillado and Oloroso
High content of malic acid leads to a malolactic fermentation - lactic quality in this style
Cream Sherries & Pedro Ximenez
Olorosos that are sweetened up to 15 percent with Pedro Ximenez are known as cream sherries
Made from Pedro Ximenez grapes - can be as sweet as late harvest or ice wines and thicker in texture
Croft
Duff Gordon
Gonzalez Byas
Harveys
La Riva
Sandeman
PORTUGAL
MADEIRA
Madeira - a small, island and province of Portugal, 375 miles west of Morocco and about 500 miles from Portugal
Fortified wine usually 18 % ABV
Neutral grape spirits are added to the wine before it is finished fermenting
Instituto do Vinho da Madiera (IVM) controls
Red grapes
Tinta Negra Mole
White grapes
Sercial
Verdelho
Bual (Boal)
Malmsey (Malvasia)
ESTUFA SYSTEM
OR
ESTUFAGEM
Process Madeira goes through to produce it’s unique character
An Estufa is a heated chamber or room, containing tanks with large capacity
Method involves heating the fortified wines to an average temperature of 45-50 C for three to six months
The best Madeiras will age this way for 25 years or more
Sercial - The driest, is made from grapes of the same name that are grown in the coolest vineyards at high altitudes
Verdelho - The medium-dry style is made from verdelho grapes grown in warmer vineyards. The style is more full-bodied than the sercials
Bual - A medium-rich style that comes from the bual grapes grown in warmer vineyards, these produce concentrated madeiras with rich sweetness
Malmsey - The richest, sweetest style coming from malvasia grapes that are grown in the warmest locations closest to sea level
Rain Water - A blend of Sercial & Verdelho, popular in America.
Port
Blandy
Cossart Gordon
Leacock
Rutherford
Miles
Port comes form only one region, Douro River valley Divided into three sub-zones, from west to east
Lower Corgo
Upper Corgo
Douro Superiore
Red Port Grapes
White Port Grapes
Gouveio Malvasia Fina
Rabigato
Viosinho
Codega
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Fransisca
Touriga Francesa
Tinto Cao
Rapid extraction of color, still traditionally done by
treading, but now more commonly done by automatic press.
Quick fermentation to between 6-9 degrees of alcohol
Fortification with grape spirits results in a stopped fermentation with about 10% residual sugar and
finished alcohol of around 20%
Traditionally, 1-2 winters in wineries in large wooden casks or vats
Transported to Vila Nova de Gaia (or other legal area in demarcated Douro region)
Port barrel is called a ‘pipe’ (usually 550 l or more)
Most ports reflect a blend of various
Grape varieties
Vineyard lots
Vintages
Sweet port may be ‘toned down’ with dry port
Extra-sweet port called geropiga can be blended in to increase sugar levels
There are 10 different styles of port, although all port falls into one of two major categories
Ruby
Tawny
Ruby – (Dark Red)
aged in large oak casks for minimum 3 years. The coluor changes to Ruby (Dark Red) during maturation.
Tawny – (Yellowish Brown)
Simple Tawny bottled 3 years after harvest
Aged Tawnies can be bottled in multiples of 10 years
Late Bottled Vintage - From a single vintage, bottled unfiltered at four years. Requires ageing.
Vintage Port - Only in exceptional years, highest quality Port (less than 2% of all Port production), Bottled after two years in cask, requires long (15-20 years) ageing
Single Quinta - Similar to vintage but from a single vineyard. Produced in years when a full vintage declaration is not sought
Aged tawny ports - Designated on the label as, either 10, 20, 30 or 40 years old
Colheita - Vintaged Tawny , matured in cask for a minimum of eight years
Named because of the heavy crust or sediment in the bottle (during ageing),
Blends of 3 or 4 years and bottled unfiltered
Crusted Port -
MARSALA
Fortified wine produced in Sicily in dry or sweet styles
Catarratto, Grillo, Inzolia and other grapes usedThree methods
Fortified with grape spirits
Addition of concentrated must (mosto cotto, must boiled down to concentrate)
Addition of sifone, late-picked overripe must with added alcohol
Oro (Golden)
Ambra (Amber)
Rubino (Ruby)
Marsala Fino - Aged minimum of 1 year
Marsala Superiore - Aged at least 2 years
Marsala Superiore Riserva - Aged 3 years or more
Marsala Vergine/Marsala Solera -Aged in cask min. 5
years in solera system
Marsala Vergine Stravecchio Riserva - Dry, minimum of
10 years aging in cask
Malaga
Earlier known as Malligo and later as Mountain
Grapes used are Moscatel and Pedro Ximenez
Grape Juice is known as Lagrimas- Tears Wine
is matured in Solera System
Sweet Malaga is known as – Dolce and Dry as Seco
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