Cocktails with Palo Cortado sherry
Palo Cortado is a rare style of Spanish sherry that develops the aroma of an amontillado but the body and depth of an oloroso.
ABV18%
Taste profile
Delicate, nutty aromatics lead into a fuller, dry palate of hazelnut, dried orange peel and toasted wood, with a long saline-tinged finish.
How it's used
Stirred in small measures, it lends a dry, nutty complexity as a low-proof modifier, and its oxidative depth also stands up when used as a rinse or a lengthening float.
Substitutes for Palo Cortado sherry
A dry oloroso or an amontillado sherry of comparable weight.
Description
Producers begin a Palo Cortado under a veil of flor like a fino, but the wine loses that yeast layer and is fortified higher to finish oxidatively, so it straddles two classic styles; it ages in solera and is bottled dry.
Storage
Being oxidative it keeps better than fino once opened, but refrigerate after opening and use within a few weeks for freshness.
