solera
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
solera (countable and uncountable, plural soleras)
- (uncountable) A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
- (countable) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
solera f (plural soleras)
- solera
- vintage (wine)
- (figuratively) character, history
Further readingEdit
- “solera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014