"I have a name," he said. "They call me El Fundador. And you cannot void what is already founded."
The men behind the governor shifted their weight. The widower's children hid behind their father's legs. Huara stood in the doorway of their hut, her hand resting on her belly—she was heavy with their first child. El Fundador
That night, Huara gave birth to a girl. Alonso held her in his arms, her face scrunched and furious and alive. "I have a name," he said
This is where the magic happens. The cellars of Jerez are lined with American oak barrels previously used to age Oloroso Sherry. The barrels are arranged in scales (levels). The youngest brandy sits in the top barrels ( Criadera ), and the oldest sits in the bottom barrels ( Solera ). When the master blender removes a portion of the oldest brandy for bottling, he refills the Solera with brandy from the Criadera above it. The widower's children hid behind their father's legs