Justino 10 year old Sercial Madeira - Dry
€ 34.30
| Producer | Justino's |
| Region | Madeira |
| Grapes | Sercial |
| Ageing | 10 years in oak casks (canteiro) |
| Alcohol | 19%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
| Scores | 16/20 Jancis Robinson 86/100 Wine Spectator |
Ten years of Sercial: orange, toast and a dry, taut finish.
Tasting note
A dry white Madeira with a lovely amber-orange colour and golden highlights. Aromas of orange and toast. Well structured and complex on the palate: wood notes and firm tannins that go hand in hand with the dry style, rounded off by nuts and beeswax. With tonic as a long drink, the perfect refresher on warm evenings.
The story
The wine aged for 10 years in oak casks using the canteiro system.
Sercial is the white grape behind the driest style of Madeira: the spirit is only added at the end of fermentation, when almost all the sugar has fermented. Its very high acidity when young earned this late-ripening grape the name Esgana Cão (dog strangler), and it is why Sercial usually ages for a long time. It grows in the highest vineyards in the south, at around 600-800 m, or in the cooler north. Sercial is somewhat reminiscent of Riesling.
Food pairing
Lightly chilled as an aperitif, with salted almonds, olives, smoked fish, oysters, charcuterie and cheese. Especially good with goat’s cheese and other dry cheeses such as feta, and Portuguese cheeses like Queijo Fresco, Requeijão, Rabaçal and Picante da Beira Baixa. Also lovely with Chinese food, tuna and sushi.
Critics & Awards
16/20 Jancis Robinson | Tasted: Oct 2014
86/100 Wine Spectator | Tasted: Nov 1999
Gold – Mundus Vini 2014
Bacchus de Plata – Concurso Internacional de Vinos Madrid 2013
Silver – International Wine Challenge 2015 and 2013
Bronze – International Wine Challenge 2014
Bacchus de Plata – Concurso Internacional de Vinos Madrid 2013
Silver – International Wine Challenge 2015 and 2013
Bronze – International Wine Challenge 2014