1900 Barbeito Malmsey Vintage Madeira sweet

€ 1,500.00

These are Madeira's top wines. The ripening potential is almost unlimited.

This madeira of the highest quality must have been in the barrel for at least 20 years plus two years in the 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.

Because of their uniqueness, these Madeira wines are inventoried.

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.