1913 Barbeito MBV Malmsey Vintage Madeira sweet

€ 1,200.00

Because of the sweet style, this is the ideal wine for beginners, the wine is medium sweet and aromatic with a nice balance between sweet and sour. Aromas: Dried fruit, plum, chocolate, toffee, vanilla, nutty, raisin-like fruit, caramel in older years.

Food-pairing

It is an excellent addition to pastries, fruit, chocolate, pralines, hard cheeses, ice cream, caramel & coffee desserts.

Grapes: Malmsey

The sweetest style Madeira is made from this. There are two types, the malvasia and the malvasia candida. The malvasia candida grows closest to the ocean and originated in Greece. A nice legend about the malmsey is that of the Duke of Clarence who chose death by drowning in a barrel of malmsey to death by a sword. Blandy's named one of his wines after him. And in Shekespeare's work there are numerous references to Malmsey. Even Napoleon took some malmsey from the island. In the 19th century, malmsey became even more fashionable and there was even a "morning malmsey" to start the day.

The sweet and precocious malvasia, called malvazia or still malmsey, can only be found in the South, of the island on low-lying vineyards of 150-200m altitude, close to the ocean.

Alcoholcontent

20%

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

MBV means Mario Barbeito Vasconcelas, grandfather founder of the company Barbeito, these are wines from the family's private stock.

Tags : Madeira - Barbeito