I have a 750ml bottle of Lustau Almacenista Amontillado Fino which has thrown a very fine, very dark sediment the like of which I have never seen before. If left undisturbed in the glass, it precipitates out quite quickly. The bottle has been open for almost a year and has only an inch or two left in it. Given the ageing and settling time the wine goes through to become Sherry, one would think that anything there was to settle out would be long gone.
What is it?
"Chuck Reid" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
I don't know the answer to your question, but I will pose one for you - why have you got a 90% consumed bottle of sherry which has been open for a year?
i would assume the sediment is some horific oxidation products from all the phenols. Or something.
Chuck, Contrary to popular belief, sherry (and most other fortified wines) are not bulletproof.
Once opened, they are subject to the same influences of oxygen as unfortified wines - that is, within a short period of time, they start "oxidising" - and should be consumed in the immediate/short term.
OK - there are exceptions - some Madeira and Tokaji - but fino sherry is not one of them.
The remain wine is well and truly dead - give it an appropriate burial.
st.helier (Return address fictitious - I receive no spam whatsoever!!!!!!!!)
Agreed. Even unopened, fino sherry ages QUICKLY. Not something to store. Dale
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