Cocktails with Manzanilla sherry
Manzanilla is a dry, pale sherry aged only in the coastal town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, which gives it a fresh, saline character.
ABV15%
Substitutes for Manzanilla sherry
Flor aging gives it the pale, saline, bone-dry character, and only wines aged the same way keep it. The salt is the part that is specific to the sea town it comes from; everything else in the family is broader and rounder.
On the label
- Sanlúcar de Barrameda
- The only place manzanilla is made. The cooler, damper air keeps the flor active all year, which is what leaves it lighter and saltier than a fino from Jerez.
- “dry”
- 0 grams of sugar per liter, the same as fino. Any sweetness you taste is fruit, not sugar.
- solera
- Fractional aging: never more than a third is drawn from a cask, and the gap is refilled from the row above.
