Located in Andalusia in the province of Cadiz, the appellation covers a little over 10,000 ha. The wines of Jerez, all mutated, owe their inimitable character to a process of aging (flora) and assemblage (criadera and solera) almost unique in the world. The great local grape variety is palomino, a variety well suited to the Andalusian canicula summers and soils of white chalk called albarizas. The wines of Jerez come in two families: the fino, a dry and pale wine raised under yeast veil, and the oloroso, a dry and dark and powerful wine.
