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

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

Its sherry sibling, oloroso, is another, as are other fortified wines like Madeira and port, to say nothing of lesser known brethren like Banyuls and Maury.

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)