amontillado

English translation: Amontillado (sherry)

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Spanish term or phrase:amontillado
English translation:Amontillado (sherry)
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18:00 Dec 29, 2017
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Spanish term or phrase: amontillado
Vino generoso de graduación alcohólica entre el 16 y el 22% vol., de color oro o ámbar, aroma punzante, seco, suave, de sabor avellanado y poco ácido. Se producen amontillados en Jerez, Montilla-Moriles y Condado de Huelva.
Enrique Mota
Peru
Local time: 07:41
Amontillado sherry
Explanation:
It is a type of sherry and the name is not translated.

Amontillado | SherryNotes
https://www.sherrynotes.com/sherry-types/amontillado/
Amontillado is a Fino or Manzanilla that started with biological ageing under flor for the first three to eight years or so, and matured further (usually longer) in an oxidative way, without flor. A cask of Fino is considered to be Amontillado as soon as the layer of flor stops developing because the flor can't find enough nutrients in ...
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patinba
Argentina
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thanks, patinba
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4 +7Amontillado sherry
patinba
5Amontillado
Clayton Causey
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Amontillado
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Amontillado sherry


Explanation:
It is a type of sherry and the name is not translated.

Amontillado | SherryNotes
https://www.sherrynotes.com/sherry-types/amontillado/
Amontillado is a Fino or Manzanilla that started with biological ageing under flor for the first three to eight years or so, and matured further (usually longer) in an oxidative way, without flor. A cask of Fino is considered to be Amontillado as soon as the layer of flor stops developing because the flor can't find enough nutrients in ...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
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thanks, patinba

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agree  Marie Wilson: And Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!
7 mins
  -> Thank you, Marie!

agree  Wendy Streitparth
30 mins
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agree  philgoddard: "Sherry" may be redundant, depending on the context, and "amontillado" should arguably be spelt without a capital letter, like sherry or champagne.
37 mins
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agree  JohnMcDove: I'd go with "amontillado" "a secas" ;-) http://www.dictionary.com/browse/amontillado
1 hr
  -> Thank you, John!

agree  Charles Davis: I've never been a big sherry fan, but my parents used to serve amontillado to their guests. Happy New Year :-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Charles. As you say, it does seem to be agenerational thing. All the best for 2018 Charles!

agree  bigedsenior: from Montilla-Moriles D.O. and unlike its cousin Sherry is not fortified
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: with Phil
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Amontillado


Explanation:
As in “A Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe

Clayton Causey
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Amontillado

Reference information:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/amontillado

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montilla

JohnMcDove
United States
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