Cocktails with Palo Cortado sherry
Palo Cortado is a rare style of sherry with the aroma of an amontillado but the body and depth of an oloroso.
ABV18%
Substitutes for Palo Cortado sherry
Skip any bottle labeled medium or cream, which is sweetened.
Amontillado and oloroso
Equal parts make the closest stand-in, one for one. The sweetness and strength stay the same, and the aroma gap is small.
Keeps the dry, nutty aroma but makes the drink a little thinner.
Keeps the drink's weight but softens its aroma.
On the label
- palo cortado
- The in-between style. It starts under flor like a fino, loses it, and finishes aging oxidatively like an oloroso.
- “dry”
- At most 4 grams of sugar per liter, the same legal limit as fino, amontillado and oloroso.
