1875 Barbeito Malmsey Vintage Madeira sweet

€ 2,150.00

These are the top wines of Madeira. The ripening potential is almost unlimited.

This madeira of the highest quality must have been aged for at least 20 years in barrel plus two years in bottle before it can be sold. This wine used to be called vintage madeira. A frasqueira must consist entirely of one of the top varieties listed on the label, along with the harvest and bottling year. Frasqueiras always come from one good harvest year. They have undergone a mild temperature treatment and have been stored in wooden barrels for a long time. After bottling, the quality of frasqueira no longer changes. These madeira wines are inventoried, given their uniqueness.

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 store a Madeira wine upright.

The acids of Madeira are so strong that they attack the cork when the bottle is stored horizontally

Serve at 18°C

Madeira is a wine that matured for several years in an oxidative environment, before bottling in a reductive environment. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be kept almost indefinitely, as the air no longer affects Madeira wines. In fact, the wine tastes better after months – if there is still anything left

Critics & Awards

96/100 - Robert Parker The Wine Advocate Tasted: 01-Aug-2012

94/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: 31-Jan-2000

96/100 - CellarTracker (15 notes)

Tags : Madeira - Barbeito