1885 Barbeito Malmsey Vintage Madeira sweet

€ 1,650.00

Delivery in 5-7 Business days - Large stock

Amount

This wine was purchased by Barbeito from the Alfonso family and comes from the Cama dos Lobos vineyards. Butterscotch, molasses and honey. Hints of vanilla. Higher in acids than the 1895 D'Oliveira Malvazia (which makes it better, in my opinion). This wine is interestingly both contemplative and hedonistic. I could easily drink this all night without tiring. Lean (for Malvazia) and mean and long in the finish. Medium brown with green highlights. Figs, gingerbread, coffee, coconut, caramel and smoke. Unctuous, smooth and not overly sweet for a Malmsey. Off the charts. Outstanding !

 

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 with a pipe, cigar or aromatic tobacco.

  

Grapes

Malvasia (Malmsey)

Alcoholcontent

20,6% 

 

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 matured for several years in an oxidative environment, before being bottled in a reductive environment. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be stored almost indefinitely, as the air no longer affects Madeira wines. In fact, the wine tastes better after months - if there is still some left - than when opening the bottle.

 

Critics & Awards

98/100 - Jamie Goode 

Orange brown. Lovely complex nose of sweet raisins, tar and spice – very beguiling. The palate is explosively rich with lovely acidity. Deep, complex and incredibly long with some caramel and spice. Breathtaking. 

 

Tags : Madeira - Barbeito