URIUM GLOSSARY: DIVERSITY

oct

6

2016

URIUM GLOSSARY: DIVERSITY

Diversity is undoubtedly one of the identifying characteristics of sherry:...

SHERRY WINES DIVERSITY

Diversity is undoubtedly one of the identifying characteristics of sherry: finos, olorosos, moscatels... different wines presenting us with what appears to be an endless spectrum of colours, as infinite as the extraordinary variety of their bouquets, tastes and textures which combine to make up the universe of sherry wines belonging to the Denominations of Origin.

Sherry wines demonstrate a wide range of types: from the palest to the darkest, from the driest to the sweetest.

And all of this from just three types of grape, all white, but also thanks to an absolutely genuine production process. As a consequence of a long-standing wine growing tradition, oenology in Jerez is one of the most highly developed in the world. Regardless of the enormous importance of the raw material - the grape -, of its origin and nature, the production process includes a series of decisions to be made by the vintner at different stages which will ultimately decide the final destiny of each wine, thus producing the different "families" of sherry wine and within each of these, different types defined according to colour, bouquet, taste and structure.