How to Use oloroso in a Sentence
oloroso
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To enter the distillery's cavernous aging rooms is to be surrounded by the same oloroso sherry casks that Don Fernández once used.
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Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Those casks include ex-bourbon American oak, oloroso sherry, and Pedro Ximenez sherry, and the final blend is finished in French oak Cognac barrels.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 May 2026
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The specifics of the bespoke sherry blend used to season the Macallan‘s barrels are not revealed, but according to the distillery’s head of advocacy, Alex Robertson, the closest comparison of style would be oloroso.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
3 Sep. 2025
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But this series consists of special cask finishes, which so far has included expressions like Lustau (oloroso sherry finish) and PX (Pedro Ximenez sherry finish).
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Feb. 2026
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The current 18-year-old spends 15 years in American oak ex-bourbon casks, Maker's Mark stock specifically, before a final maturation in first-fill oloroso sherry butts.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Puerto Rican brand Ron del Barrilito primarily uses sherry butts to mature its rum; the Three Stars expression spends six to 10 years aging in oloroso sherry casks specifically.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 May 2026
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