1962 Cossart Gordon Boal Vintage Madeira

€ 520.00

Crafted by Francisco Albuquerque, the Bual 1962 is the perfect example of a world class vintage Madeira. Visually, it's dark amber colour, with golden hue, greenish rim, and the magnificent slow teardrop, are warm and embracing, calling us to sit down and enjoy. Dense and concentrated, this vintage has the typical bouquet of old Madeira's. Exuberant on the nose, its bouquet is extremely complex, with noticeable balsamic notes, cedar wood, cigar box, spices, dark chocolate, caramelized orange peel, dried passion fruit, roasted nuts and old brandy. The mouth feel is wonderfully rich, yet vibrantly fresh. Extremely concentrated, and complex, this wine has noticeable notes of spices and resin. The aftertaste is long and lingering, making it a meditation wine.

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, plums, chocolate, toffee, vanilla, nut dessert and raisin-like fruit

Food-pairing

Cheeses such as blue cheeses, Stilton, Gruyere, manchego, & Emmenthal. Dried fruits.

Crème Brulee, caramel desserts based on apples, apricots, pecans, cherries, almonds, hazelnuts, dried figs & vanilla ice cream desserts. The excellent companion to a pipe, cigar or aromatic tobacco.

Grapes: Boal (Bual)

Boal is the Portuguese name, Bual is the English name - synonymous is Bual de Madeira or Boal Cachudo - is mainly found in the south of the island at altitudes between 100 and 300m and in the North near São Vicente.

Alcoholcontent

20%

Store & Serve

Always keep a Madeira 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 ripened for several years in an oxidative environment, and then enters a reductive environment when bottling. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. The bottles can then be kept almost unlimited, since the air has no influence on Madeira wines. In fact, the wine tastes better after months - if it remains - than when the bottle is opened.

Critics & Awards

96/100 - Wine & Spirits Magazine Tasted: 01-Feb-2016

94/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: 30-Apr-2016

93/100 - Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate

Tags : Madeira - Cossart Gordon