Port of Leith Distillery Oloroso is a dry and heavier styled Sherry which has been exposed to oxygen during its maturation. The wine is fortified to 17% which stops the development of flor, the yeast that protects the wine from the air. The wine becomes more structured and complex with dried fruit flavours, oak notes and more spice.
Port of Leith distillery is one of the most eye-catching developments that Leith docks has ever seem. My description won’t do it justice, so you are better off checking it out here www.leithdistillery.com Impressive as a building, but even more impressive when you consider that there is a distillery spread over several floors within it! In their search for Port and Sherry barrels to age the Whisky in, the boys thought it would be fun to also buy the wine that was originally in the barrels. This has forged a strong relationship between both Martha’s Family Estate in the Douro and Bodegas Baron in Jerez and allows consumers to see the work of the barrel at different stages of its life.
