1982 Blandy Verdelho Vintage Madeira medium dry
€ 355.00
A first-class gift for a birthday, wedding or anniversary. Clear, topaz color with gold-green accents. Intense and complex characteristic bouquet with notes of wood and dried fruits. Full body, medium dry, fresh with a long warm finish of oak tones.
These are Madeira's top wines. The maturation potential is almost unlimited.
This madeira of the highest quality must have been in the barrel for at least 20 years plus two years in the bottle before sales can take place. This wine used to be called vintage madeira. A frasqueira must consist entirely of one of the top varieties listed on the label, along with the harvest and bottling year. Frasqueiras always come from one good harvest year. They have undergone a mild temperature treatment and have long been stored in wooden barrels. After bottling, the quality of frasqueira no longer changes. Due to their uniqueness, these Madeira wines are inventoried.
Food-pairing
Is an excellent aperitif
Grapes: Verdelho
Grapes from Santa do Porto Moniz en Raposeira, Costa Norte of Madeira Island (Portugal). Located in the Atlantic Ocean about 900 km from the Portuguese coast and
600 km from Africa. Different types of soils of vulcanic nature, derived mainly from basalt, trachytes, tufa, slag and conglomerates
Manual harvest, with qualitative selection, over several weeks depending on the ripening stage.
Aged in canteiro method, in 650 L barrels (canteira barrels) at room temperature until the month of bottling.
Verdelho, also known as Gouveio in the rest of Portugal. Is the most widely planted white variety. The style has a light sweetness and is off-dry / medium dry. Planted at altitudes of 400-600, especially in the North, and ripens late. The grape is also the main ingredient for Rainwater.
Winemaker
Blandy - Madeira Wine Association
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 horizontally
Serving: 18 °C
Madeira is a wine that has matured for several years in an oxidative environment, after which it is 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, since the air no longer affects Madeira wines. In fact, after months - if any - remainder, the wine tastes better than when you open the bottle.
Critics & Awards
95/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: Oct 2024
96/100 - Decanter World Wine Awards Tasted: Jan 2024
95/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: Nov 2023
This is pure nuttiness with layers of old fruit. The Madeira is golden in its hue and sense of richness. The wine is deliciously mature and ready to drink.
Producer: Blandy's
Region: Madeira
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