Cocktails with Fino sherry
Fino sherry is a pale, dry fortified wine aged under a protective layer of flor yeast.
ABV15%
Taste profile
Bracingly dry and light-bodied, with a saline tang, a nutty almond note, and a bready, yeasty aroma from the flor.
How it's used
A small measure works as a low-proof modifier, stirred into a build to lend dry, saline structure, or used as a rinse to coat the glass with aroma.
Substitutes for Fino sherry
Manzanilla, another flor-aged dry sherry, gives a comparable pale, saline profile.
Description
Made from white grapes and fortified to a modest strength, it is matured biologically in partly filled casks where a film of flor yeast shields the wine from air, keeping it pale and bone-dry. The solera system of fractional blending carries its style across vintages.
Storage
Once opened it oxidizes and loses its fresh character fast; refrigerate and use within a few days.
Origin
The style comes from the sherry region of Andalusia in southern Spain, where flor ageing defines the driest sherries.
