Dry Sack, Solera Especial 15 Years, Williams & Humbert

Tasting Notes

Wine with a bright amber color and intense aroma reminiscent of dried fruits, walnuts, raisins, and figs. On the palate, it is full, harmonious, low in acidity, and quite sweet, with a persistent aftertaste.

Food Pairing

Can be enjoyed on its own or with ice, recommended both as an aperitif and to accompany pastries

Winemaking

Production: Free-run must, controlled fermentation at 28°C. Fortification with wine-distilled alcohol up to 20.5°, blend of Palomino and Pedro Ximénez sobretablas waiting to enter the Criaderas and Soleras system for aging and maturation of the physical-chemical type by oxidation for a minimum average time of 15 years, resulting in this unique very sweetened oloroso, or medium sweet, as the British call it.

The Brand: It was Carl Williams, son of founder Alexander Williams, who in the years before World War I created the blends and names of some of the winery’s brands that endure to this day. Thus, before 1914, Dry Sack and Molino were born. Shortly after, he added the brands Walnut Brown, A Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, and Cedro.

From its inception to the present day, this sweetened Oloroso is one of the Sherry wines with the most international projection. Dry Sack has been, and continues to be, a true classic and has had a long journey in the American market, where it has occupied a prominent place in the country’s cocktail scene. Its advertising campaigns in the United States are famous, as well as its presentation in the well-known cloth sack: Dry Sack in a sack.

The origin of this brand’s name can be traced back to the term ‘sack’ used in the past to refer to Sherry wines. Back in the 15th century, ‘sack’ was identified with the “saca” or extraction of wine that was carried out to obtain the wines of the Marco region. These sherries or sacks were mostly sweet wines at that time, to the taste of the consumers of the era. Hence, when Williams & Humbert decided to market a sherry, a Medium character sack, they added the word Dry. Thus, this world-renowned brand was born: Dry Sack Medium, a sherry “not too sweet, not too dry”.