1998 Blandy Verdelho Colheita Madeira medium dry
€ 68.00 / 50 cl
The aromatics of this semi-dry Madeira wine are soft, but nicely concentrated. The taste has a light viscosity and unfolds beautifully in the mouth, the finish is bubbling with roasted hazelnuts, smoke and ginger, hints of marmalade and bitter orange. A sublime wine.
Food-pairing
As an aperitif, oxtail soup (no, not in it but with it!), shrimp cream soup, asparagus cream soup, lobster with tarragon vinaigrette, Caesar salad, smoked duck with mango chutney, pigeon with macadamia and star anise, Peking duck to name but a few.
Nuts: hazelnuts.
Cheese: cottage cheese, mature cheeses, sweet, nutty cheeses.
Fish: smoked salmon, shrimp cocktail with granny smith, mussels, sardines.
Meat: almost all types of meat: chicken, duck, pork, plain steak. Classic and perfect with smoked ham.
Typical Madeira dish: swordfish with banana and passion fruit. Baked pineapple.
Grapes: Verdelho
In the rest of Portugal also known as Gouveio. Is the most widely planted white variety. The style has a light sweetness and is off-dry / medium dry. Is planted at altitudes of 400-600, mainly in the North and ripens late. The grape is the main ingredient for Rainwater.
Winemaker: Blandy - Madeira Wine Association
Alcoholcontent
20%
Store & Serve
Always store Madeira wine upright.
The acids of Madeira are so strong that they will attack the cork if the bottle is stored lying down.
Serve as an aperitif at 10°C and 16°C as a dessert wine.
Madeira is a wine that matured for several years in an oxidative environment, and then enters a reductive environment during bottling. 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 has any effect on Madeira wines. It is even the case that the wine tastes better after months - if there is any left - than when the bottle was opened.
Critics & Awards
Silver Outstanding - International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2015
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards, 2014
Silver Outstanding - International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2014
95/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: 12-Jan-2014
91/100 - CellarTracker (6 notes)
17/20 - Revista de Vinhos Tasted: 11-Jul-2014
Producer: Blandy
Region: Madeira
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