Winemaker Notes
A crystal clear and intense topaz color with green and golden nuances. A characteristic bouquet of intense citric, spice, wood and dried fruits like hazelnut, aromas. Medium dry, exuberant and fresh with a very long and ethereal finish with strong notes of dried fruits mashed with old brandy and spice.
Blandy's Colheita is fined and does not require decanting. It has been bottled when ready for drinking and will keep for several months after opening. It is exceedingly good with creamy starters, soups and tropical fruits and also on its own. A wine that should be enjoyed served chilled.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Already with a wonderful old-gold color, this aromatic wine with its fruit, acidity and touch of spirit is bone dry, but presents a rich texture. The typical intense acidity is right there as well as lemon peel, wood, spice and concentration. This wine, aged in wood and bottled in 2017, is ready to drink.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Blandy's 2000 Verdelho Colheita was bottled in 2017, and it's showing well today, offering up an inviting bouquet of sultanas, mocha, walnuts and candied peel. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with good depth at the core, tangy acids and a long, nicely integrated finish. This comes warmly recommended.
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Wine & Spirits
As if resisting the imperatives of age, this wine has a bright, sunny feel to its tangy scents of orange and salt air. It’s warm and round, saturated with flavors of fresh chestnuts and tart pineapple, lasting in a contrast of briskness and pleasant sweetness. A compelling match for aged sheep’s milk cheeses.
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.