Fortified Friday - Lustau East India Solera
Channel: Ilkka Sirén
Date: 2011-11-27

WWW.ILKKASIREN.COM - This Friday I fill my glass with a very interesting sherry from Emilio Lustau. I must admit that sometimes I struggle with sweet sherry wines. I mean PX is usually so sweet and thick like porridge that I can't handle it without a shot of insulin. But this wine really floats my boat. East India Solera is a blend of two different sherry styles, oloroso and pedro ximenez. The wines go through separate soleras and after they're blended together they will go through a solera together for three years or so. Sound complicated? It is. That's why the result is beautifully complex wine with great drinkability.