Blandy’s 10 Year Verdelho Madeira Fortified Wine 500ml 99 Points all grown on largely calcareous

all grown on largely calcareous soils

Matured in historic cellars housed in an 18th-century watermill along the Osme River

Then natural and complete malolactic fermentation

Because of its farmed origin (barley grown on Islay) and bottled on site

Category Details ABV / Proof ~15% ABV Origin / Region Napa Valley

Blandy’s 10 Year Verdelho Madeira Fortified Wine 500ml 99 Points all grown on largely calcareousMadeira is arguably the most misunderstood and most undervalued fortified wine in the world. Produced on a Portuguese volcanic island 600 miles off the coast of Morocco, its wines have survived centuries, ocean voyages, tropical heat, and the passage of time with a cheerful immunity to deterioration that no other wine on earth can match sealed bottles of 19th century Madeira are still opening cleanly today. The secret is the estufagem or canteiro