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WHEN BEST TO ENJOY EN RAMA
Is it true that the en rama style of Sherry should always be drunk as young as possible for maximum enjoyment? Dermot Keane, by email
Briefly, yes – but also, no. The great pleasure of visiting a Sherry bodega is being able to taste the wine at its freshest, directly from the butt. When a Sherry is termed ‘en rama’, it is intended to be the closest one can get to that experience. Before bottling, biologically aged Sherries (those aged under a layer of flor yeast) are filtered. The question for the producer is: just