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But this series consists of special cask finishes, which so far has included expressions like Lustau (oloroso sherry finish) and PX (Pedro Ximenez sherry finish).
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
To enter the distillery's cavernous aging rooms is to be surrounded by the same oloroso sherry casks that Don Fernández once used.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The glorious sun makes this a land of ingredients—of copious olives and sherry (dry fino and amontillado, sunnier oloroso and salty-fresh manzanilla).
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
This fourth one is matured in a combination of oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry as well as red wine casks.
—Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 13 May 2021
Dry sherries vary from crisp, saline fino and manzanilla to fruity amontillado and rich palo cortado and oloroso.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
Another type of sherry, oloroso, ages in barrels without flor, in an oxidative environment.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2015
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
To enter the distillery's cavernous aging rooms is to be surrounded by the same oloroso sherry casks that Don Fernández once used.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The glorious sun makes this a land of ingredients—of copious olives and sherry (dry fino and amontillado, sunnier oloroso and salty-fresh manzanilla).
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
This fourth one is matured in a combination of oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry as well as red wine casks.
—Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 13 May 2021
Dry sherries vary from crisp, saline fino and manzanilla to fruity amontillado and rich palo cortado and oloroso.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
Another type of sherry, oloroso, ages in barrels without flor, in an oxidative environment.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2015
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“Oloroso.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oloroso. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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