Sherry Wine

An array of flavours ranging from the driest wines in the world, made from the Palomino Fino grape, to the sweetest varieties of Pedro Ximénez. A beautiful colour palette that reaches from pale yellow all the way to mahogany, with touches of iodine in the most aged wines. With its wide variety of nuances and sensations, there’s a sherry for everyone and for every occasion. Discover them all!

The region

Marco de Jerez

This comprises the growing area of D.O. Jerez, in the triangle formed by the towns of … A winegrowing region with more than 3,000 years of history.

This name refers to the 7,000 hectares that comprise the growing area of D.O. Jerez, a triangle formed by the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda, although it also includes Trebujena, Chiclana de la Frontera, Puerto Real, Rota, Chipiona and Lebrija. This is a winegrowing region with more than 3,000 years of history, which has created some of the world’s most prestigious wines and brandies.

An exceptional environment

The climate

Located on Spain’s Atlantic coast, the Marco de Jerez is the southernmost winegrowing region in Europe. Its wineries face westward, where the Atlantic humidity softens the dry, hot summers. Eastern winds blow in from the Mediterranean, accelerating the ripening process of the grapes. It’s a specific microclimate that can’t be found anywhere else on earth, making its wines truly unique and inimitable.

More than 300
...sunny days a year

17,3º C
average annual temperature

600 L/m2
per year on average

Western and eastern
prevailing winds

Authorised varieties

The grape

The grape is one of those characteristic features that gives wines from the Marco de Jerez their own personality. Currently, the Regulatory Council’s regulations only authorise three grape varieties, all of them white, as suitable for the production of sherry wines:

- The soil -

Albariza

The vast plains and rolling hills of the Marco de Jerez are characterised by chalky soil with a high calcium carbonate content, which lends it a distinctive whitish hue. It’s known as albariza.

Formed during the Oligocene period by sedimentation of the waters of an inland sea, albariza is very rich in calcium carbonate, clay and silica, which makes it ideal for the production of grapes for sherry wines.

Besides being very easy to work with, it’s notable for its high moisture retention, a vitally important feature in a region where vineyard irrigation is prohibited by the Regulatory Council.

Its high salinity lends a uniquely salty character to sherry wines, and especially to dry varieties like Fino and Manzanilla.
During the rainy season, it absorbs water that it will retain in order to sustain the vines during long, hot summers.
The best albariza has a greater proportion of limestone and siliceous minerals, resulting in finer and more complex wines.
The unique characteristics of Albariza endow sherry wines with an unmistakable personality.

- The legacy -

A brief history of sherry wine

Over 3,000 years, Jerez has been shaped by diverse civilisations and circumstances. These have influenced not only its winemaking culture, but the deepest aspects of a region whose very name is evidence of its cultural plurality.