Appellation: Jerez
Andalucía · Spain
22.5°C
207mm
Hot
Growing-season mean of 19 °C or above
7.8°C
Day–night swing; higher preserves acidity.
Representative-location climate normals, 1989–2018 (TerraClimate), read at Cadiz. Source: Puga et al., OENO One 2022.
- Fortified wine — Fino, Manzanilla, Amontillado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez
Grapes of Jerez
The home of Sherry, a family of fortified wines shaped by the flor yeast and the solera aging system.
Jerez de la Frontera, in Andalucía's far south, gives its name to Sherry. Most styles are built on the neutral Palomino grape, transformed after fortification by two forces unique to the region: a layer of flor yeast that shields the wine and creates the crisp, saline Fino and Manzanilla styles, and oxidative aging that produces the deeper, nuttier Amontillado and Oloroso.
The wines are aged fractionally through the solera system, blending across many years for consistency. Sweet versions from sun-dried Pedro Ximénez round out a range that spans bone-dry to intensely raisined — one of the wine world's most singular and underappreciated categories.
Production is recorded by region, not by appellation.