Barbeito Madeira Bastardo Tres Pipas medium dry
€ 50.00 / 50 cl
| Producer | Barbeito |
| Region | Madeira |
| Grapes | Bastardo |
| Ageing | Reserva Velha, years in French oak (canteiro) |
| Alcohol | 19%vol |
| Serving | 13-14°C, no need to decant Keeps for months once opened |
Bastardo Três Pipas: three plots from São Jorge, tropical fruit and tea.
Tasting note
A medium-dry Madeira with a fantastic aromatic bouquet of tropical fruit, tea leaf and dried fruit, and fantastic acidity on the finish.
The story
Made from Bastardo from São Jorge, on the north coast, from three plots. One batch was made using the curtimenta process, with long contact between skins and must, the other two using the bica aberta process, with direct, gentle pressing. Fermentation was stopped with brandy, and the wine then aged for years in the canteiro process in French oak casks.
Bastardo is a rare red grape on Madeira, now grown on only a handful of plots.
Food pairing
An excellent aperitif, and also very good with soups, game birds and pâtés.
The producer
Barbeito is one of the most forward-thinking houses on Madeira, and also one of the youngest: it was founded in the 1940s by Mário Barbeito. After his death in 1985 his daughter Manuela de Freitas took over the business. Her sons Ricardo and Miguel joined in 1991. Ricardo Diogo runs the house today.
In 1991 Ricardo Diogo Freitas joined the family business and, together with Japanese partner Kinoshita, turned a supplier of bulk wine into a benchmark on Madeira.
