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solera

solera noun: 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.

Noun

solera (countable and uncountable, plural soleras)

  1. (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
  2. (countable) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine

Forms of solera

pluralsoleras

Origin of solera

Borrowed from Spanish solera.

Questions about solera

What does solera mean?
Solera means 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.
What part of speech is solera?
Solera is a noun.
What is the plural of solera?
The plural of solera is soleras.

Words near solera in the dictionary

  1. solepiece
  2. solepieces
  3. soleplate
  4. soleplates
  5. soler
  6. solera
  7. soleras
  8. solere
  9. soleres
  10. soleret
  11. solerets

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