2005 Justino Malmsey Colheita Single Cask
€ 73.00
Amber colored with greenish nuances. A complex aroma of caramel, toffee, spices, tea leaves and notes of cigars. The taste is sweet, soft and rich. Ripe figs and some minerality in the aftertaste. Oenologists are Dina Luís & Juan Teixeira
Featuring in the pages of the good old kiwi classic, the Edmonds cookbook. Madeira cake does not come from Madeira and has nothing to do with the island or the wine. Though I’m sure will be well known to many New Zealanders. The volcanic island of Madeira is part of an Archipelago and the largest of the group. Madeira is part of Portugal, though the Madeira Archipelago lies closer to Morocco. Discovered by Portuguese explorers, an island of plenty, it quickly became part of an important trading route. One of the items of cargo wine, was shipped in full barrels. It is told that on one trip, a barrel went on a journey around the world and came back to Madeira. Through its journey the barrel was exposed to extreme temperature change, high heat and air, resulting in an oxidised heat affected concentrated wine. On its return to Madeira, the barrel was tasted, and the resulting wine praised. Many a barrel was then sent off on such journeys to recreate this delicious wine. A rather expensive and timely way to craft a wine, producers on Madeira searched for another way. Finding that leaving the barrels in the rafters of the Madeira lodges without topping the barrels, they could create the same affects.
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.
These wines have their own peculiar characteristics that were given to them by the respective casks where they were aged for a long time. Due to their distinct qualities, these wines are, after careful selection by the oenology team, bottled exclusively with wine from a single cask and which at the time of bottling had aged for at least 15 years in oak casks. They are generically identified by the date of harvest and the variety from which they originate. The exceptional quality of these wines derives mainly from the particularity of the cask (history, age and capacity), as well as its location in the cellar during the period in which the wine was aging. All of this contributes to the wines having different characteristics from the wines that initially made up the blend. Justino's Madeira reserves only the best barrels for its Single Casks.
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: 14 - 16 °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 there is still left in the bottle - than when the bottle is opened.
Critics & Awards
18/20 - Vinum Wine Magazine Tasted: Dec 2023
In der Nase betörend, vielschichtig und sehr delikat, mit Noten von Kardamom, Orangenzeste, Kumquats, dazu grüne Walnüsse, ein Hauch von Toffee und Mokka. Im Gaumen dann überraschend temperamentvoll, geradlinig und frisch. Getragen von einer saftigen Säure. Passender Begleiter zum Essen, zu Fleisch oder gar Fisch.
Producer- Justino's Madeira
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