Blandy's Colheita Sercial Single Harvest Madeira 1975

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Blandy's Colheita Sercial Single Harvest Madeira 1975 Front Label
Blandy's Colheita Sercial Single Harvest Madeira 1975 Front Label

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Vintage
1975

Size
750ML

ABV
18%

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Winemaker Notes

Blandy's Sercial 1975 was aged for 40 years in seasoned American oak casks and as with all the family’s vintages, this wine started its ageing process in the warm high attic floors of the lodge in the center of Funchal. Over the 40 years, the wine passed down from the warmer top floor of the Blandy’s Wine Lodge where it spent the first 5 years, to the second floor for 20 years and finally to the cooler first for the remaining 15 years.

Professional Ratings

  • 96
    Exquisite savoury toasted almond, marmalade, rich fruitcake and sweet orange aromas mingle with some spice, smoke and honeyed blossom notes. A wonderful mouth-coating complexity of dried apricot, toasted hazelnut, Brazil nuts and a constant lemon and lime seam brings on a refreshing saline finish.
  • 95
    Offers mouthfilling richness, with flavors of dried apricot, pear tart, roasted pineapple and ginger snap that are long and complex. Medium-dry, showing lots of freshness to the slate, spice and mineral accents. Dried citrus details emerge on the zesty finish. Drink now through 2040.

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John Blandy first set foot on Madeira in 1807. In 1989, the Symington family became partners with the Blandy family and is helping to reinvigorate the Madeira trade. Grapes are grown in volcanic soil and hand harvested due to steeply terraced cliffs. The resulting wines are highly acidic and were found by historical accident to benefit from being heated - a process that would destroy any other wine. Originally, Madeiras were heated by the sun, stored in casks on the decks of boats exploring the world during the 18th century. Today, Madeiras are heated in a process called “estufagem,” which gives them great concentration and an incredible capacity to age while retaining some of the vibrant acidity unique to these wines.

The Blandy family is unique in being the only family of all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and manage their own original wine company. Throughout its long history on the island, the family has played a leading role in the development of Madeira wine throughout its long history. Members of the family continues to live on Madeira, maintaining a tradition that goes back to 1811; 2 centuries of fine wine production.

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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.

WWH140728_1975 Item# 183273

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