The wines under the appellation of origin 'Jerez-Xeres-Sherry "must necessarily be raised in locked warehouses in the...
The wines under the appellation of origin 'Jerez-Xeres-Sherry "must necessarily be raised in locked warehouses in the cities of Jerez de la Frontera, Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda, or approval of the Regulatory Council, in the vineyards of their municipalities located within the area bounded on the east by the Greenwich meridian 6 ° 05 'west, north by latitude 36 ° 49' North, and South, along the right bank of the river Guadalete.
The wines under the appellation Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda, traditionally known by the name of Manzanilla, must necessarily be raised in wineries nestled in the town of Sanlucar de Barrameda.
Standards for Foster
The foster care system and special aging necessary for the Jerez-Xeres-Sherry and Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda wines, will be the classic hatcheries and sills or rather to add, which will be submitted during the period of time necessary to achieve the analog properties of the respective types or varieties.
All protected wines must have a minimum age of three to be for consumption.
Total stocks of wines subjected to aging must be stored in oak barrels, properly soaked in wine. You can use deposits of other features, provided they are authorized by the Board, only for fermenting musts and treatments prior to its release wines. The Council will hold a record for each deposit, in which all features and data on levels aspillas or used for their measurement are related.
To keep the slabs high quality, aging cellars must employ at least annually and the amount of grape must or wine of the year, from the Jerez Superior area, the Council may set for each campaign. This minimum, based on wine of the year, shall be determined by the Regulatory Council-December of each year for each winery, in proportion to the movement that had taken in the previous season and the crop in the area. Your purchase will be required, in the manner and time as the Board determines.
Types of wine
In wines protected by the Designation of Origin Jerez-Xeres-Sherry distinguish specific mentions of traditional Fortified Wine Fortified Wine and Liquor and the natural sweet wine.
* Fortified Wine is the quality liqueur wine produced in a specific region (psr), produced during all or part of its aging under flor, biological process, carried out during the spontaneous development of a film of typical yeasts on the free surface wine after total alcoholic fermentation of the must, gives the product specific analytic and specific organoleptic characteristics, an actual alcoholic strength of not less than 15 per 100 vol., an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 22 100 vol. and reducing material content of less than 5 g / l.
Types of Fortified Wine Denomination of Origin Jerez-Xeres-Sherry are:
- Fine: Wine pale straw yellow with greenish reflections sometimes characteristic nutty aroma, sharp and delicate, light on the palate, dry, and whose special characteristics are a result of their particular process of aging under exclusivamcnte veto flower with an actual alcoholic strength between 15 100 and 18 100 pair vol.
- Amontillado: Wine amber scent countersinking, sharp tempered, soft and full on the palate, with an alcoholic strength by volume of between 16 100 and 22 100 vol. His particular aging process includes an initial phase under flor, equivalent, at least as far as length is concerned, the Fino, followed by a phase of oxidative aging.
- Oloroso: Dry wine, amber to mahogany, very pronounced flavor, reminiscent of walnut bodied, with actual alcoholic strength between 17 100 and 22 100 vol. His upbringing comprises an initial phase under flor, continuing one of oxidative aging.
- Palo cut: wine organoleptic characteristics intermediate between the two, scented Amontillado and Oloroso-like taste and color, with an alcoholic strength between 17 100 and 22 100 vol. His upbringing comprises a first phase under flor and a subsequent oxidative.
Liquor Fortified Wine is wine, made from Fortified wine or wine suitable for producing Generoso, with a total alcoholic strength of not less than 17,5% vol Wine., Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 22% vol ., and a content of reducing matters of not less than 5 g / l.
Among the types of Generoso liquor wine appellation Xérès-Jerez-Sherry ', depending on the content of reducing matters between 5 g / l and 140 g / l, color, and other characteristics, are the following:
- Dry: Wine pale yellow or golden, with an alcoholic strength of not less than 15% vol, and a content not exceeding 45 g / l reducing material. Considering the characteristics of certain markets may be permitted the use of traditional terms Pale and / or Pale Dry.
- Medium: Wine amber to mahogany, with an alcoholic strength of not less than 15% vol, and a content not exceeding 115 g / l reducing matters.. Considering the characteristics of certain markets may be allowed the use of traditional terms such as Golden, Abocado, Loving, Brown, Milk and / or Rich.
- Pale Cream: Wine pale yellow, sharp and delicate aroma, with an alcoholic strength of not less than 15.5% vol, and a content not exceeding 115 g / l reducing matters..
- Cream: Wine body, amber to dark mahogany, sharp and toned aroma, with an alcoholic strength of not less than 15.5% vol, and reducing material content of 115 g / l and 140 g / l. .
* Natural Sweet Wine is from grapes ripe and sunny, which is subjected to partial alcoholic fermentation stopped, if necessary, by the addition of wine alcohol. When the grape variety used is Pedro Ximenez or Moscatel, the resulting wine is called Pedro Ximenez or Moscatel, respectively.
In the elaboration of wines so demand can also be added and Wine Sweet Wine Natural Colour, the latter product obtained by partial or complete fermentation of fresh juice with the addition of the result of the concentration of musts for toasting or heating up reburning sugars.
* Wine protected by the Denomination of Origin Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda is traditionally known by the name of Manzanilla, whose characteristics are:
Fortified Wine straw to gold, characteristic pungent flavor, light on the palate, dry, slightly acidic, with an alcoholic strength between 15 100 and 19 100 vol color. The special characteristics of this wine are the result of their particular aging process under veil for microclimate and wineries located in the town of Sanlucar de Barrameda.
Traditionally, and according to their specialties and aging Manzanilla Fina, Manzanilla and Manzanilla Pasada Olorosa known
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