Fortified Wines » Madeira
Madeira is named after the Portuguese island on which it is made. In the 1500s, in order to extend the life of wines on the long sea journeys, the islanders would add brandy to their wine. This would make the wine more resistant to temperature changes and so madeira was created as a "fortified wine". Madeira is made with four types of grapes. Each bottle of madeira should be labelled according to which grapes are used in it. These are: sercial, a very dry taste, light color; verdelho, medium dry, golden color; bual, medium sweet, velvety, dark gold to brown; malmsey, the original grape, sweet, chestnut-brown. Madeira makes an excellent drink with cheese and works great as a pre-dinner sipper. The heavier madeiras also work well as a post-dinner dessert drink, for sipping by the fire. It should be served relatively cool, around 55-60F, like a port. It can be served in a port-style glass, small and thin.
Henriques Dry Madeira 75cl
Henriques Dry Madeira is an off-dry wine with a which has a citrus marmalde nose and has a spicy, nu ...more
£16.95 inc VAT
Henriques Full Rich Madeira 75cl
Henriques Full Rich Madeira has on pouring an aroma of Christmas cake and flaming pudding with a tou ...more
£16.95 inc VAT
Henriques Medium Dry Medeira 70cl
Henriques Medium Dry Madiera is an intense and deep coloured wine with complex flavours of walnuts‚ ...more
£16.95 inc VAT
Duke of Clarence Madeira 75cl
Duke of Clarence Madeira is made on the Portuguese-owned island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean, th ...more
£16.95 inc VAT
Madeira Pereira d Oliveiras 75cl
Pereira d'Oliveiras Madeira made in the style of a Malmsey this has a distinctly sweet, fat palate w ...more
£19.95 inc VAT
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