Cocktails with Fino sherry
Fino sherry is a pale, bone-dry fortified wine from Andalusia, aged under a protective layer of flor yeast.
ABV15%
Substitutes for Fino sherry
Any other fino swaps in identically. Of its neighbors, manzanilla comes closest, one for one; it is a shade lighter and saltier. A dry amontillado (not a "medium") swaps in one for one but is amber and nutty, so it darkens a pale drink and adds weight. Dry vermouth is close but slightly sweeter, and it trades the saline, nutty edge for herbs.
Fino-style sherry from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, with its own designation, aged under flor by the sea.
A fino that lost its flor and went on aging in contact with air.
On the label
- fino / manzanilla
- The same biological aging under a layer of flor, the film of yeast that seals the wine from air. Manzanilla is the Sanlúcar version, where cooler, damper air keeps the flor alive all year.
- “dry”
- A fino carries 0 grams of sugar per liter. Bone dry is the definition of the style, not a house choice.
