Whisky matured on oloroso sherry casks and color / coloring

[Paul Dejong]

Thnx Horst... That was already clear to me... But we have had cask-samples
from 20 tot 30yo oloroso sherry from 4 or 5 big bodega's (i'll get the names
from the bodega's) from white and red oak casks... As I said: those sherry's
were at least 3 or 4 tints lighter in colour than some of the single cask
sherry matured whisky's I know... And they were very surprised when we asked
for darker sherry...and showed us the PX-casks...now they were the colour we
expected!
So I ask again: (on the virge of becoming boring! ;-)  )
Is spirit extracting more color from the wood then sherry is?
Is sherry colored or mixed before bottled? Or in the cask?
Could those old 'oloroso' casks have been PX-casks?

Paul
(thnx for al the reply's boys!  I almost feared Malts-L had lost it's edge!)


On 6/15/06 9:23 AM, "Horst Luening" <luening at DR-LUENING.DE> wrote:

>> From Jerez?
>> I believe you Luc, but how does this oloroso comes to it¹s colour?
>> Since in Jerez oloroso is made from white grapes (palomino)
>> Different grapes? Different production method? What makes it different?
>> 
>> Paul
> 
> Hello Paul,
> 
> Your expectations are right. It is the different production method.
> You distinguish between oxidised and non-oxidised sherrys.
> 
> If the yeast covers the top of the cask, then oxygen is not able
> to contact the sherry. It stays light.
> 
> Please have a look at the Madeira. They are heating and mixing
> the wine in big steel tanks until the wine has oxydised completely.
> 
> The result is a dark brown wine.
> 
> Regards,
> Horst
> 
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