These are source-era category statements. Do not map average or founding age to whiskey youngest-component age. Historic sea voyage and modern heated-cellar simulation are not equivalent; market quotes are secondary research leads.
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Average-age VOS/VORS, vintage anada and a solera's foundation date refer to different things. Naturally sweet raisinated wines differ from dry wines sweetened by blending. Cream and East India examples can be deliberately composed; a preference for pure styles is not evidence that all blending is inferior.
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Old/vintage wines76–79; PX/Moscatel79–81; blended styles81–83.
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Average-age VOS/VORS, vintage anada and a solera's foundation date refer to different things. Naturally sweet raisinated wines differ from dry wines sweetened by blending. Cream and East India examples can be deliberately composed; a preference for pure styles is not evidence that all blending is inferior.
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Source No access. PDF 76–83; Old/vintage wines76–79; PX/Moscatel79–81; blended styles81–83.
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These are source-era category statements. Do not map average or founding age to whiskey youngest-component age. Historic sea voyage and modern heated-cellar simulation are not equivalent; market quotes are secondary research leads.
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Baiocchi 2014 | SH07 | Age labels, sweet wines and deliberate sweetening.
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