Madeira Blandy Sercial 10 years Dry

€ 28.50 / 50 cl

A delicate dry Madeira, light topaz with a golden hue. Aromas of dry fruit, wood and citrus. Finishing in a fresh, lingering dry nutty finish.

Cocktail

Sercial with tonic as a long drink is the ideal refresher on warm evenings.

Food-pairing

Sercial, slightly chilled, is often served as an aperitif and pairs well with some salted almonds, olives, smoked fish, oysters, and cured meats and cheeses.

Sercial is also particularly tasty with goat cheese and other dry astringent cheeses such as feta and Portuguese cheeses such as Queijo Fresco, Requeijão, Rabaçal and Picante de Beira Baixa. Also delicious with Chinese food and just as superior as a Pouilly-Fumé or Sancerre, but certainly not as strong as a glass of cognac.

Another excellent combination is Sercial with tuna or sushi in general.

Grapes: Sercial

Sercial is traditionally the white variety used for the driest Madeira style. So a serial is always dry! This means that alcohol is only added at the very end of the fermentation, when almost all sugars have been fermented. The late-maturing breed is also called 'Esgana Cão' (dog strangler) because of its extremely high acidity in its youth. Because of that almost undrinkable acidity, sercial usually matures for quite a long time. Sercial comes from the highest vineyards in the south, at about 600-800m or in the cooler North.

Sercial is reminiscent of Riesling.

Alcoholcontent

19%

Store & Serve

Serving : 16 - 18°C. No decanting necessary.

Can be stored for several months after opening.