H.M. Borges 10 year old Sercial Madeira - Dry

€ 37.50

This 10 year old sercial is a dry white madeira with an attractive beautiful amber orange color and gold accents. Aromas of orange and hints of toast. In the mouth, this madeira has well-structured complex flavors. The wood tones, and firm tannins, which conjugate with the dry properties of the caste, are supplemented with nuts and beeswax

Cocktail

Sercial with tonic as a long drink is the ideal refresher on warm evenings.

Food-pairing

Sercial, slightly chilled, is often served as an aperitif and fits perfectly with salted almonds, olives, smoked fish, oysters and cold meats and cheeses.

Sercial is also particularly delicious with goat cheese and other dry astringent cheeses such as feta and Portuguese cheeses such as Queijo Fresco, Requeijão, Rabaçal and Picante de Beira Baixa.

Also nice with Chinese food and just as superior as a Pouilly-Fumé or Sancerre, but certainly not as strong as a glass of cognac.

Another excellent combination is Sercial with tuna or sushi in general.

Grapes: Sercial

Sercial is traditionally the white variety used for the driest Madeira style. A sercial is always dry! This means that only at the end of the fermentation, when almost all sugars have been fermented, alcohol is added. The late-ripening variety is called Esgana Cão (dog strangler) because of its extremely high acidity in his youth. Because of that almost undrinkable acidity, sercial usually ripens quite long. Sercial comes from the highest vineyards in the south, about 600-800m or in the cooler North.

Has spent 10 years in oak barrels according to "Canteiro" system

Alcoholcontent

19%

Store & Serve

Serve at 16 - 18°C

Critics & Awards

16,5/20 - Jancis Robinson Tasted: 28-Oct-2014

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