2007 Barbeito Malvasia Colheita Madeira 50 cl sweet
€ 50.00 / 50 cl
Amber colour. Intense bouquet, sweet notes of raisins, nutmeg, caramel, quince, and ripe figs. Round and full-bodied, with a firm and well-present acidity that balances the entire palate. Spicy honeyed flavour with a freshness that lingers into a velvety and persistent finish.
Barbeito is one of the most forward-thinking companies on Madeira as well as being one of the youngest, being founded in the 1940's by Mário Barbeito. When Mário died in 1985, the company was taken forward by his daughter, Dona Manuela de Freitas, whose two sons, Ricardo and Miguel joined the firm in 1991. Today, Ricardo is in day to day charge of Vinhos Barbeito, his mother having retired in the early 1990s, and his brother looking after other family business interests.
Food-pairing
Excellent as a digestif, with Christmas pudding, foie-gras, caramel pudding, chocolate, crystallized fruit and cheese.
Grapes: Malmsey (Malvasia)
Several plots of vineyards located very close to the sea on the Fajã dos Padres. Vinified by the free run method, grapes were crushed in a horizontal screw press and the wine aged for its first four years in warehouse D (warmer). In order to preserve the wine's elegance, in 2011 it was transferred to warehouse E (cooler), where it remained until bottling. In September 2023, 1170 units were bottled, each one individually. numbered.
Alcohol content
19%
Store & Serve
Keep a Madeira wine always upright.
The acids of Madeira are so strong that they affect the cork when the bottle is kept lying down
Serve at 13°-14°C.
Madeira is a wine that matured in an oxidative environment for several years, and then comes to bottling in a reductive environment. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be preserved almost unlimited, as the air is no longer affecting Madeira wines. It is even so that after a few months the wine tastes better than when the bottle is just opened.
Critics & Awards
17,5/20 - Grandes Escolhas Tasted: Aug 2024
925 garrafas. Uvas de São Jorge na costa norte. Aroma muito direto e apelativo, pólen, mel, fruto cristalizado. Prova de boca menos seca que o nariz faria prever, novamente com nota de mel, compota de citrinos, figo. Revela boa acidez, leve salinidade, e final com bom comprimento.
Producer: Barbeito
Region: Madeira