Cocktails with Amontillado sherry
Amontillado is a naturally dry style of sherry defined by two-stage maturation: biological aging under flor yeast followed by oxidative aging.
ABV15–17%
Taste profile
Nutty aromas of hazelnut and toasted almond lead into a dry, amber-hued body that keeps a lighter, more delicate structure beneath the oxidative depth.
How it's used
A low-proof modifier stirred in modest measures to lend dry, nutty complexity to a build; also poured as a lengthening or aromatic component, dosed to shade a drink toward the savoury.
Substitutes for Amontillado sherry
A lighter, dry oxidative sherry, or another dry, nutty fortified wine of comparable weight.
Often confused with
Fino ages entirely biologically under flor and retains a fresh, pale, briny character. Amontillado starts as a Fino but then ages oxidatively after the flor dies, gaining amber colour and nutty depth.
