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The current 18-year-old spends 15 years in American oak ex-bourbon casks, Maker's Mark stock specifically, before a final maturation in first-fill oloroso sherry butts.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Puerto Rican brand Ron del Barrilito primarily uses sherry butts to mature its rum; the Three Stars expression spends six to 10 years aging in oloroso sherry casks specifically.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
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
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Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Puerto Rican brand Ron del Barrilito primarily uses sherry butts to mature its rum; the Three Stars expression spends six to 10 years aging in oloroso sherry casks specifically.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
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
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“Oloroso.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oloroso. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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