Henriques & Henriques Terrantez 20 Years

€ 92.00

Bright, old gold color with greenish nuances. Aroma of dried fruits including raisins, hazelnuts and walnuts, some wood. Medium dry, complex taste the bitter almond, nuts, spices, green pepper and some wood. Tannins and acidity in fine balance. Long mouth finish.

The vineyards on Madeira lie between 300 and 500 meters above sea level and stand on narrow, stepped terraces carved into the red or gray basalt cliffs. The old company Henriques & Henriques was once owned by the Portuguese royal family and is now owned by John Cossart. The father of the ambitious Briton was the manager and cellar master of the company for 53 years and then, after the death of the last Henriques, who died in 1978 without successor, majority shareholder. With 15 hectares owned by Henriques & Henriques, it is the largest grape producer on the island.

Food-pairing

Cheeses such as blue cheeses, Stilton, Gruyere, manchego, & Emmenthal. Dried fruits.

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: Terrantez 100%

is a hard to grow white medium sweet grape variety. It can not withstand moisture well and that is why the slopes on the east coast are best suited. The breed has become rare, barely 5ha and 500 kilos. Typical of terrantez is a certain bitterness and an aftertaste reminiscent of roasted coffee and ashes.

Alcohol content

19%

Store & Serve

As an aperitif, serve at 10° C as dessert wine serve it at 16 °C. Madeira should be cellared upright. The acids of Madeira are so strong that they attack the cork if the bottle is stored lying down

Madeira is a wine that has aged 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 still remains - once the bottle is opened