Cap off dinner in Cordoba with a glass of Montilla-Moriles, a locally produced sweet wine that can double as dessert.
You could say the D.O. Montilla-Moriles is the cousin of the D.O. Jerez-Xérès-Sherry. It may be lesser known by the general public, but both regions have a common tradition, they produce similar wines in the same variety of styles and they share most of the production methods. It’s impossible to avoid their resemblance, yet there are also a few interesting differences.
First of all, the wines from Montilla-Moriles cannot be called sherry (even though they can be virtually identical) simply because this name is protected by European law and can only be used for wines from the designated sherry area. Montilla-Moriles is about 150 km. away from Jerez. It lies to the south of Córdoba, with the small towns of Montilla and Moriles at its centre. The region is generally a bit drier than Jerez, with more drastic diurnal shifts, less rainfall and particularly hot summers.
