Word of the month... Solera
The word of this month has a million meanings, but the most used is when referring to something as Spanish as wine. For example, a red with “solera” means vintage, and it often gives “personality” to a wine.
In that way, with a glass of intoxicating mature wine, we saying that something with “solera” is traditional but not stale, old but not too old, solemn but not pretentious…
This brings us to another nuance: it’s difficult to have “solera”. Think of how many wines you can sour before it has character. Interesting, right?The word of this month has a million meanings, but the most used is when referring to something as Spanish as wine. For example, a red with “solera” means vintage, and it often gives “personality” to a wine.
In that way, with a glass of intoxicating mature wine, we saying that something with “solera” is traditional but not stale, old but not too old, solemn but not pretentious…
This brings us to another nuance: it’s difficult to have “solera”. Think of how many wines you can sour before it has character. Interesting, right?