amontillado

a regional wine; sherry

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An amber sherry served in a slender copita beside a separate small dish of toasted almonds, with a restrained suggestion of stacked aging casks behind it.

noun

amontillado

uh-mahn-tuh-LAH-doh/əˌmɑntəˈlɑdoʊ/

A dry amber Spanish sherry with a nutty flavor.

Etymology

amontilladoSpanisha regional wine; sherry

Spanish amontillado was formerly the name of a regional wine associated with Montilla, a town in Córdoba. That place-based name became the name of this variety of sherry.

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