Jerez

Sherry. A fortified white wine produced principally from the Palomino grape, grown on dazzling white chalk (albariza) soil in the area of Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province. It is fractionally blended in the solera system, a method by which the wine in barrel that is ready to be bottled is partly bled off and topped up with younger wine from other casks. It must be a minimum of four years old when sold, although many sherries are considerably older.