1997 Justino Malmsey Colheita Madeira - sweet

€ 53.50

Amber color with greenish nuances. A complex aroma of caramel, roffee, spices, tea leaves and notes of cigars. The msaak is sweet, soft and rich. Figs and some minerality in the aftertaste. Oenologists are Dina Luís & Juan Teixeira

Food-pairing

Cheeses such as blue cheeses, Stilton, Gruyere, manchego, & Emmenthal

Crème Brulee, caramel desserts based on apples, apricots, pecans, cherries, almonds, hazelnuts, dried figs & vanilla ice cream desserts. The excellent companion to a pipe, cigar or aromatic tobacco.

Grapes: Malvasia - Malmsey

Together with the muscat grape, malvasia is one of the most historic grapes. Throughout the ages, his name and character have been maintained unchanged. Malvasia, however, became the best known in later centuries under his English name Malmsey. Nowadays it means only the sweetest kind of madeira, made from the grape variety Malvasia bianca.

Alcoholcontent

20%

Store & Serve

Always keep a Madeira wine upright.

The acids of Madeira are so strong that they attack the cork if the bottle is stored lying down

Serving: 18 °C

Madeira is a wine that has ripened for several years in an oxidative environment, and then enters a reductive environment when bottling. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be kept almost unlimited, since the air has no influence on Madeira wines. In fact, the wine tastes better after months - if it remains - than when the bottle is opened.

Critics & Awards

Tags : Madeira - Justino's