1954 Barbeito Malmsey Vintage Madeira sweet

€ 480.00

The sweet style makes this 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 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

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

The sweet and early-ripening malvasia, called malvazia or still malmsey, can only be found in the south, on low-lying vineyards at 150-200m altitude, close to the ocean.

Alcoholcontent

20%

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

To serve : 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

93/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: 30-Apr-1999

93/100 - Wine & Spirits Magazine Tasted: 01-Dec-2001

Tags : Madeira - Barbeito