1981 Barbeito Verdelho Vintage Madeira 50 cl medium dry
€ 220.00
Gives a fruity style with a nice balance between acidity and sweetness and does not have the high acidity of sercial. Nose dried fruit, some nutty and honey, sometimes coffee and chocolate in the taste.
Food-pairing
Is an excellent aperitif
Grapes: Verdelho
Also known as Gouveio in the rest of Portugal. Is the most commonly planted white variety. The style has a slight sweetness and is off-dry / medium dry. Planted at altitudes of 400-600, especially in the North, and ripens late. The grape is the main ingredient for Rainwater.
Alcoholcontent
20%
Store & Serve
Always keep a Madeira wine upright.
Madeira's acids 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 in an oxidative environment for several years, 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 left - than when opening the bottle.
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Critics & Awards
17,5/20 - Jancis Robinson Tasted: 27-Apr-2010
93/100 - Tom Cannavan Tasted: Jan 2007
This Frasquiera (vintage) Madeira is quite a dark, burnished tawny colour. Nice high-toned, nutty and slightly volatile note on the nose, with quite bright orange fruit and a little dried peel quality. On the palate there is a nutty, almost salty tanginess here, though a richer toffee note starts to build on the mid palate. The fruitiness is orangy and has a marmalade quality, with plenty of grapefruit pith and lemon zest acidity sweeping in and giving a real edge to the long, shimmering finish.
Producer: Barbeito
Region: Madeira