A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.
A very dry pale sherry from Spain.
Dry style Sherry, similar to Fino, made in a seaside town where it is said a saltwater tang from the air is actually added to the wine.
Spanish A style of sherry made in the seaside town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It is similar to a fino sherry -- pale and dry -- and ferments with the same film-forming flor yeast. Manzanilla tends to be more acidic however, and is usually made to a slightly lower percentage of alcohol. Manzanilla Pasada is similar to a fino amontillado.
A generoso (high-alcohol) fino wine, produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia.
(Mahn-za-NEE-yah) - A dry style of Sherry, similar to Fino, made in a particular seaside village where the environment allegedly adds a saltwater tang to the wine.
Very dry sherry style wine, Manzanilla only comes from the town of Sanlucar de Barrameda, part of the Sherry Triangle.
A fino that comes only from the coastal town of Sanlecar de Barrameda. Its salty tang is attributed to the town's sea breezes. Serve it chilled as an aperitif or with seafood, especially shellfish. The alcohol content is 15 to 17%.
(man-zah-nee-yah) very dry style of Sherry
A fino Sherry which has been aged at the seaside town of Sanlucar de Barremeda.
(Spain) A dry Sherry, similar in style to Fino, from Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Manzanilla is a variety of fino sherry made around the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. In Spanish, chamomile tea is called "manzanilla", and thus this wine gets the name because the wine's flavour is said to be reminiscent of such tea.