This is the Grand Inquisitor of sherries, this is the great ascetic, the flagellator, the moaning, keening hermit of sherries. It is magnificent, but you may have to drink it by yourself, wearing a hood.
O. Clarke, cited in H. Jeffreys, ' ‘Red & White’ by Oz Clarke: Who dares wines', Drinking Culture, October 14 2026
He is allegedly describing a dry Oloroso