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so•le•ra
(sō lâr′ə; Sp. sô le′rä),USA pronunciation n.
- Wine, Foreign Terms(esp. in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Wine, Foreign Termsa classification for the sherries or brandies having the greatest maturity in a solera.
- Vulgar Latin *solāria, equivalent. to Latin sol(um) base, ground (
Spanish suelo) + -āria -ary; Cf. vino de solera mature wine (presumably from the bottom range of casks) used to fortify younger wine - Spanish: literally, supporting beam, base (for uprights)