amontillado
Oxidized dry sherry
Amontillado is a type of sherry—a fortified wine from Spain's Jerez region.
It begins as a fino sherry, then undergoes further aging that darkens its color and deepens its flavor to something nutty and dry.
The word is familiar to many from Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Cask of Amontillado," where a man is lured to his death with the promise of tasting a rare cask.
Fractional blending through stacked casks
- finoPale, dry Spanish fortified
- manzanillaSpanish herb or aperitif
- sackRough fabric bag
- AndalusiaSpain's southernmost autonomous community
bodega · dry · medium · pale · amber · golden · Spain · aged
Eccentric or almond-flavored
- almondEdible tree nut
- hazelnutEdible seed from Corylus
- toastedBrowned by heat
- caramelCooked sugar confection
butterscotch · fig · raisin · tobacco · leather · oak · vanilla · smoky
American gothic writer's surname
- catacombsUnderground cemetery passages
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
entombment · irony · macabre · gothic · horror · narrator · vault · niche
solera
Fractional blending through stacked casks
- finoPale, dry Spanish fortified
- manzanillaSpanish herb or aperitif
- sackRough fabric bag
Andalusia · bodega · dry · medium · pale · amber · golden · Spain · aged · blended
nutty
Eccentric or almond-flavored
caramel · butterscotch · fig · raisin · tobacco · leather · oak · vanilla · smoky · complex
Poe
American gothic writer's surname
- catacombsUnderground cemetery passages
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
masonry · entombment · irony · macabre · gothic · horror · narrator · vault · niche · crypt
barrel-aged
Matured in wooden vessels
- oakQuercus genus member
- soleraFractional blending through stacked casks
- cellarUnderground storage room
bodega · cooperage · oxidative · aging · wood · toasty · seasoned · racked · blending · maturation
aperitif
Pre-meal alcoholic beverage
marsala · vermouth · alcohol · sipping · liqueur · sweet · dry · aged
amontilladoPedro Ximénez
Spanish dessert wine grape
cream sherry · fino · manzanilla · sweet sherry · pale cream