2002 Barbeito Malmsey Colheita Madeira - sweet

€ 45.50 / 50 cl

A sweet, amber-tinted Madeira wine; has a sharp acidity and a long, soft delicate aftertaste. The taste is well balanced and exuberant aromas of fig and walnut.

The sweet and precocious malvasia, malvazia or malmsey, you only find in the South, on low-lying vineyards at 150-200m altitude, near the ocean.

Food-pairing

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

Grapes: Malmsey

The sweet and precocious malvasia, malvazia or malmsey, you only find in the South, on low-lying vineyards at 150-200m altitude, near the ocean. The sweetest Madeira style is made from this. There are two species, the malvasia and the malvasia candida. The malvasia candida grows closest to the ocean and has its origin 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 over death by a sword. Blandy's has named one of his wines after him. And there are numerous references to Malmsey in Shekespeare's work. 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. Malmsey is 'meditation wine' with which you can perfectly finish a good dinner. Aromas: honey, raisins, caramel, vanilla. An old malmsey has aromas of toffee, vanilla and sometimes even beef broth.

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 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.