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Montilla|mɒnˈtɪljə|
[Name of a town in Southern Spain.]
A dry sherry-type wine made in the vicinity of Montilla.
1793D. McBride Gen. Instructions for Choice of Wines i. 29. Montilla is a light white wine, the chief beverage at Seville. [1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xiv. 155 The name of amontillado..has been given to it from its resemblance in dryness and quality to the wines of Montilla, near Cordova.] 1851C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (ed. 3) xii. 208 At Montilla, near Cordova, they have a very fine-flavoured dry wine, called Montilla, which is generally consumed in that place. 1876H. Vizetelly Facts about Sherry viii. 86 With these wines we tasted some choice Montilla of a fabulous age. 1935Schoonmaker & Marvel Complete Wine Bk. iv. 96 Montilla..is, in every way, an admirable wine. 1961Spectator 21 Apr. 582 Montilla is fairly rare in this country..and is not, in the very strictest sense of the word, really a ‘sherry’ at all for it doesn't come from the delimited area around Jerez, but from near Cordoba. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 358/1 In Spain, Montillas are usually sold from the barrel and in their first year. |