2009 D'Oliveira Malmsey Colheita

€ 81.00

A deceptively youthful Madeira from the House of D'Oliveira. The 2009 Colheita Malvasia is another stunning fine Madeira. It displays an intensely rich nose with aromas of dried fruit and hazelnuts. On the palate, you experience a full rich mouthful of raisins and caramel, a powerful long finish and finely balanced acidity belying its relative youth

Food-pairing

It is an excellent addition to pastries, fruit, chocolate, chocolates, hard cheeses, ice cream, caramel & coffee desserts.

Grapes: Malmsey - Malvasia

The sweet and precocious malvasia, called malvazia or malmsey, can only be found in the South, on low-lying vineyards at an altitude of 150-200m, near the ocean. This is used to make the sweetest Madeira style. There are two types, the malvasia and the malvasia candida. The malvasia candida grows closest to the ocean and has its origin in Greece. A nice legend about the malmsey is that of the Duke of Clarence who chose death by drowning in a barrel of malmsey over death by a sword. Blandy’s has named one of his wines after him. And in Shekespeare's work there are numerous references to malmsey. Even Napoleon brought some malmsey from the island. In the 19th century malmsey came into fashion even more and there was even a "morning malmsey" to start the day. Malmsey is "meditation wine" with which you can finish a good dinner perfectly. Aromas: honey, raisins, caramel, vanilla. An old malmsey has aromas of toffee, vanilla and sometimes even beef broth

Alcoholcontent

20%

Store & Serve

Always keep a Madeira wine upright.

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

Serve at 18 °C

Madeira is a wine that has matured for several years in an oxidative environment, and is then bottled in a reductive environment. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be preserved almost indefinitely, since the air no longer has any influence on Madeira wines. In fact, the wine tastes better after months - if there is any remaining - than when you open the bottle

Tags : Madeira - D'Oliveira