Winemaker Notes
Dark mohogany color with golden refletions. A characteristic aroma of madeira wine, having prenaunced notes of exotic woods, dried and crystallized fruits and spices. On the mouth its full boddied, smooth, sweet releasing notes of dark chocolate, spices and tabaco, and has a long aftertaste with notes of fruitcake, molasses and spices.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
Jenny Lakin of NYC’s Ferris described this wine’s chestnut-honey flavors and mouthwatering lift of freshness as “kind of magic.” In fact, it’s a wine that might have a physical effect on you, one that has nothing to do with drunkenness. The resonance of its flavors completely fills your head with scents of orange, plum, almond and persimmon, while the weave of those flavors comes together to warm you from the inside out, wrapping your senses in something that feels like a silk blanket, weightless and comforting.
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Wine Enthusiast
Malmsey is the old English name for Malvasia grapes, which produce a supersweet style of Madeira. Toffee, caramel and dried fruits are shot through with acidity. This is a beautiful wine, aged in wood since the harvest, and ready to drink.
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Wine Spectator
This has lovely toffee, sesame, ginger and bergamot notes laced with flashes of sandalwood and hazelnut. Has cut and freshness but there's an alluring mellow edge through the finish as the flavors meld together.
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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