Analytical and Chemometric Characterization of Fino and Amontillado Sherries during Aging in Criaderas y Solera System

Manuel J. Valcárcel-Muñoz , María Guerrero-Chanivet , María del Carmen Rodríguez-Dodero,María de Valme García-Moreno and Dominico A. Guillén-Sánchez. Fino and Amontillado are Sherry wines, produced in Marco de Jerez area (southern Spain), and aged in Criaderas y Solera system. Fino Sherry wine follows a biological aging process, under a veil of flor yeasts, while Amontillado Sherry wine shares the same biological aging firstly, followed by oxidative aging, which gives them special features