| It is easy to know if a cask has been affected since the flor develops as a layer on top of the wine in the cask. |
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| In general, sherries produced by the solera system with flor are termed fino sherries while those without flor are termed oloroso sherries. |
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| At slightly higher concentrations, it contributes to the distinctive and characteristic smell of fino sherry and other flor wines. |
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| In contrast with the fermentation strains, the flor yeasts have a permanent presence in the winery, dating from the 19th century in the Jerez region of southern Spain. |
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| This beneficial film-forming yeast grows naturally on the surface of the wine, although some houses now choose to cultivate their own flor culture. |
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| Fino and Manzanilla age beneath healthy layers flor and are therefore the crispest and brightest. |
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| The flor velum is composed of the flor yeast and creates an aerobic environment that is conducive to the unique enological properties of these yeasts. |
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| The barrels that form the flor cap can become Fino, Manzanilla or Amontillado, but they are all marked out by a bracing, pungent dryness. |
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| Barrels that do not attract this valuable flor are fortified quickly and become Olorosos, which are matured in casks and become dark and unctuously rich, raisiny wines. |
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| When a barrel of fino is not good enough for the blend, they let the flor die, and the wine turns into a nuttier, pale brown wine that still has bright acidity. |
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| Those wines growing the thickest flor become finos and manzanillas. |
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| Antonio Flores, Gonzales Byass's chief winemaker for 30 years, came with Mauricio to London and explained the significance of flor and the reason why sherry is fortified. |
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| The book also introduces readers to some emerging vocabulary intrinsic to this religious experience, such as nepantla, flor y canto, altares, rasquachismo, curandero, limpia. |
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| In the picturesque port city of Bahia, Flor, a lovely young woman, marries the wastrel Vadinho, a compulsive wencher who beats her. |
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| Your first full day in Noel Kempff will be spent exploring some of the oxbow lakes, gallery forests, and periodically inundated savannas located near Flor de Oro. |
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| As an alternative, Ms. Britton recommended carpet tiles like those produced by Flor. |
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| There his mean-spirited Uncle Stan and his kinder but stroke-stricken Aunt Flor live mainly by gathering withies for basket-making, but are now on the edge of destitution. |
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| We climbed slowly towards the Katantika Pass, inching towards the magnificent, glaciated summits of Presidente and Flor, their white snow tinged with glacial blue. |
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| On the voyage the Flor De La Mar was wrecked in a storm, and Afonso barely escaped drowning. |
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| There are felt cat beds, circular mats by Flor and minifutons, in an aesthetic more sophisticated than the carpet trees that tend to mark the pinnacle of cat design. |
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| On 20 November 1511 Afonso sailed from Malacca to the coast of Malabar on the old Flor de la mar carrack that had served to support the conquest of Malacca. |
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