Non Vintage
Boston Bual NV (full, rich, sweet) 12.00

Vintage
Sercial
Barbeito Sercial 10 Year Old (dry) 6.50

Verdelho
Barbeito Verdelho 1926 60.00
Barbeito Verdelho 1952 58.00
D’Oliveria Verdelho 1900 132.00
D’Oliveria Verdelho 1966 35.00

Bual
Barbeito Bual 1863 121.00
Barbeito Bual 1910 75.00
Barbeito Bual 1955 59.00
Barbeito Bual 1957 48.00
D’Oliveria Bual 1922 75.00
D’Oliveria Bual 1968 35.00

Malmsey
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1834 135.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1875 118.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1948 59.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1952 58.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1954 65.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1958 49.00
Barbeito Malvasia Malmsey 1962 58.00
Blandy’s Malmsey 15 Year Old 8.50
Blandy’s Alvada 5 Year  Old (malmsey & bual) 5.25

 
Madeira Wine Tasting
1 ounce tasting of each

Alvada 5 Year
Bual NV
Malmsey 15 Year

9.25

Madeira Facts

1. Madeira  receives Portugal’s highest quality ranking of DOC. Madeira is one of the three best known fortified wines, the other two being Port and Sherry.

2. From Portugal’s Madeira Island. Portuguese founded this heavily forested island thus named it Madeira which means wood or timber. Madeira is a very volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles off the North African coast.

3. By law 85% of grape listed on label must be used. If label states Sercial Style or Boal Style it can contain less than 85% and it will most likely be blended with Tinta Negra Mole

4. Madeira is unique that it gains flavor from elements that ruin most other wines (heat & oxidation)

5. Estufagem: This is the process where wines are placed in heated rooms or heated tanks (estufas) for a minimum of 90 days where they bake slowly. Finer madeira’s are aged in wooden casks and left in attics or extremely warm areas for years. The wood aging develops tangy burnt caramel slightly bitter flavor.

6. Madeira ranges in color from pale blonde (Sercial) to deep tawny (Malmsey).

7. Fortified usually 18%-20% alcohol

There are 4 different white grapes that are used for making Madeira: 4 very different styles:

1. Sercial (ser shuh) pale, golden color, perfumy, lightest and driest

2. Verdelho (verh deh yoh) This is the most widely planted grape on Madeira. Medium dry, sweeter and stronger than sercial. This grape is also used in the production of white port.
Rainwater is a soft medium dry verdelho. This achieved its name from the barrels of madeira waiting on the island beach for pick up being diluted from rainwater, thus diluting the alcohol making this less potent.

3. Boal (Boo ahl) Fuller, sweeter, richer, typically used as dessert wine

4. Malmsey (mahm zee) also referred to as Malvasia  Richest, darkest, sweetest.

Blandy’s Alvada Madeira 5 Year Old

Alvada: named after irrigation system channels which islanders built to tap fresh mountain water
This is made from both the Malmsey and Boal white grapes.
Tasting Notes: Rich delicate, fresh, zesty, sweet toffee. Matured in oak for 5 years and it is ready to drink upon release. 
Food Pairing:  crème caramel, crème brulee or drink alone

Blandy’s 15 Year Old Malmsey

Rich malmsey, aged in oak casks for 15 years.
Tasting Notes: Sweet, dried walnuts, burnt caramel, brown sugar
Food Pairing: Crème brulee, candied apple, date walnut pudding, chocolate souffle, gingerbread cookies