Fortunato comments on another nobleman that he isn’t able to distinguish Amontillado from sherry. The fact that a cask of Amontillado plays a key role makes it interesting for sherry lovers as well, although at first sight you would be tempted to question Poe’s wine knowledge. The setting (an underground cellar), the time (carnival), the metaphors of colour (a black silk mask and a motley-coloured costume) and the subtle foreshadowing of the murder ( I shall not die of a cough) makes this an interesting, classic short story. It is told by the murderer fifty years after committing the crime, making most of the narrator’s claims a little unreliable – in the end it is a tale of subjective interpretation. It is a murder story, but not a whodunit. He wants his opinion on the wine, because he has his doubts about the quality. He decides to use Fortunato’s love for wine against him, and lures him into his cellar where he supposedly keeps a pipe of what passes for Amontillado.
It is set in an unnamed city in Italy, during the carnival and tells the story of Montresor, who seeks revenge on Fortunato, a fellow nobleman who insulted him several times. The Cask of Amontillado is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in November 1846.
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