oloroso

American  

[oh-luh-roh-soh] / ˌoʊ ləˈroʊ soʊ /

noun

1. a medium-dry sherry of Spain.

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oloroso British  

/ ˌɒləˈrəʊsəʊ /

noun

1. a full-bodied golden-coloured sweet sherry

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Etymology

Origin of oloroso

1875–80; < Spanish: literally, sweet-smelling, equivalent to olor smell (< Latin (variant of odor odor ), equivalent to ol ( ēre ) to give off a smell + -or -or ¹ ) + -oso -ous

Example Sentences

If the unfortified wines are fuller bodied, they may be selected to become oloroso sherries.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019

Or maybe an amontillado or oloroso sherry, a category of wine too often ignored.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

Barrels in which the flor does not form in sufficient quantity on the wine become oloroso, the other type of sherry.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017

But I migh serve a dark oloroso with a dense, sweet dessert- such as an English Christmas Pudding or mince pie.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017

There, protruding formidable abdomens pressed closely against each other, huge casks contained the martial Spanish wines, sherry and its derivatives, the san lucar, pasto, pale dry, oloroso and amontilla.

From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)