wine is the amontillado in the cask of amontillado.
wine is the amontillado in the cask of amontillado.
what is the amontillado in the cask of amontillado?
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amontillado can be produced in several different manners. a "fino amontillado" is a wine that has begun the transformation from a fino to an amontillado, but has not been aged long enough to complete the process. "amontillado del puerto" is an amontillado made in el puerto de santa maría. naturally dry, they are sometimes sold lightly to medium sweetened but these can no longer be labelled as amontillado. on 12 april 2012, the rules applicable to the sweet and fortified denominations of origin montilla-moriles and jerez-xérès-sherry were changed to prohibit sweet amontillado. they have to be labelled as medium sherry: blend of amontillado or suchlike.
amontillado
an amontillado sherry begins as a fino, fortified to approximately 13.5% alcohol with a cap of flor yeast limiting its exposure to the air. a cask of fino is considered to be amontillado if the layer of flor fails to develop adequately, is intentionally killed by additional fortification, or is allowed to die off through non-replenishment. without the layer of flor, amontillado must be fortified to approximately 17.5% alcohol so that it does not oxidise too quickly. after the additional fortification, amontillado oxidises slowly, exposed to oxygen through the slightly porous american or canadian oak casks, and gains a darker colour and richer flavour than fino.
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