Portugal

Madeira

Full

Natural Cork

White

Intense from the off, with a penetrating nose and finish, scored with ozone, smelling salts, whetstone and a whiff of sulphur. Let there be no doubt this comes from a volcanic, Atlantic island! Flavours of apricot chutney, mustard seed, mahogany and Fernet-Branca-like herbs etch the palate. The sweetness (110g/l), honeyed and delicate, deftly keeps pace with a rapier-like charge of steely, grapefruity acidity (9g/l total acidity). Terrific precision and purity.

Malvasia

Blandy’s, Malmsey Vintage, Madeira, Madeira, Portugal, 1981

blandys_1981.jpg

Intense from the off, with a penetrating nose and finish, scored with ozone, smelling salts, whetstone and a whiff of sulphur. L

Blandy’s, Malmsey Vintage, Madeira, Madeira, Portugal, 1981

Related Wines

Articles