Madeira Blandy Sercial 5 years Dry
€ 24.00
A delicate dry Madeira, light topaz with a golden hue. Aromas of dry fruit, wood and citrus, with a fresh and nutty long finish
Cocktail
Sercial with tonic as a long drink, a refreshing drink on warm evenings
Food-pairing
Sercial, slightly chilled, is often served as an aperitif and goes well with some salted almonds, olives, smoked fish, oysters and cold cuts and cheeses.
Sercial is also particularly good 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 good 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 pairing 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 therefore always dry! This means that alcohol is only added at the very end of fermentation, when almost all the sugars have been fermented. The late-ripening variety is also called ‘Esgana Cão’ (dog strangler) because of its extremely high acidity in its youth. Because of this almost undrinkable acidity, sercial usually ripens for quite a long time. Sercial comes from the highest vineyards in the south, at around 600-800m or in the cooler north. Sercial is reminiscent of Riesling
Alcoholcontent
19%
pH: 3,3
Store & Serve
Serving: 16 - 18°C
No decanting necessary.
Can be stored for several months after opening.
Critics & Awards
91/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: 11-Jan-2006
89/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: 31-Dec-2005
88/100 - CellarTracker (19 notes)
Producer:Blandy
Region: Madeira
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