Winemaker Notes
Bright amber color with golden reflections. It presents a characteristic bouquet of dried fruits macerated in brandy. Notes of dried fig, dates, exotic spices and resinous wood. The attack is medium dry. Good freshness is balanced with salinity and sweetness leaving a long and rich aftertaste of smoked fruit and some iodized elements.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This medium-dry verdelho shows salted caramel on the palate. It’s incredibly saline, penetrating and harmonious, with acidity, sweetness and oxidation in perfect balance.
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Decanter
Deep nose with an earthy depth under glossy mahogany and cherry jam. Zesty juiciness in the mouth with lively fig leaf, maraschino cherries and pickled walnut resting with both weight and liveliness on the palate. Outstanding balance, especially on the finish, perfectly offsetting the nutty richness with zesty precision, all outlined by vivid acid.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2024 bottling of the NV Verdelho 10 Year Old also mixed grapes from the north and the south of the island. It matured in a solera for an average of 10 years and came in at the usual 19% alcohol and retained 75 grams of sugar. This has an oxidative side, quite traditional, sweet, a little too young. It has the fruit and the nutty notes of an older age that are still a little incipient.
Rating: 90+
A steep, volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean that rises to over 6,000 feet at its highest point, Madeira actually sits closer to Morocco than Portugal, the country to which it belongs.
Today the vineyards of the island cover tiny step-like terraces called poios, carved from the basalt bedrock. Aptly named Madeira, this fortified wine comes in two main styles. Blended Madeira is mostly inexpensive wine but there are a few remarkable aged styles. Single varietal Madeira (made from Sercial, Verdelho, Boal or Malmsey), is usually the highest quality and has the potential to improve in the bottle for decades.
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