solera

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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

OriginSpanish solera →
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Meanings

nounsolera (countable and uncountable, plural soleras)

plural soleras

  1. uncountableA 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. countableA large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine

Origin

  1. Spanishsolera
  2. Englishsolera

Borrowed from Spanish solera.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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MLA

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Chicago

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