Product Overview
Winery's Notes:
COLOUR - Amber with golden reflections, bright crystalline.
AROMA - Characteristic bouquet, with ethereal notes of brandy infusion with candied citrus fruits, ginger-like spices, and walnut-like dried fruit.
Mouth - Dry, very fresh, leaving a long aftertaste of sweet bitter orange and old brandy.
MAIN BUAL VINEYARD AREAS - Calheta, Arco and Estreito da Calheta, South coast.
VINEYARD CONDUCTION SYSTEM - Espalier.
HARVEST YEAR - 1990.
HARVEST METHOD - Manual, with qualitative selection, during several periods according to the state of maturation.
MATURATION / AGEING - In a “canteiro” system, in 650 L casks at room temperature until the month of bottling.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Madeira Island (Portugal). Located in the Atlantic Ocean about 900 km from the Portuguese coast and 600 km from Africa.
SOIL TYPE - Different types of soils of vulcanic nature, derived mainly from basalt, trachytes, tufa, slag and conglomerates.
CLIMATE - Temperate with oceanic charachteristics, verifying a variation of the temperature, humidity and rainfall, depending on the altitude.
Residual Sugar: 55 g/L
Bottling Year: 2023
Winemaker: Francisco Albuquerque
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
"An intense, smooth Madeira, this has a fine bite of nuttiness and acidity. The wine's blend of ripeness and total dryness has aged well, giving an all-around drinkable wine." -RV, 11/1/23
91 Points - Vinous
"The 1990 Sercial was matured for 32 years in old casks and contains 55g/L residual sugar, limited to 1,206 bottles. Burnished amber in color, it has an appealing bouquet with hazelnut, smoke, light oxidative scents and a background note of pressed white flowers. The palate is well balanced with sour lemon, Seville orange marmalade and penetrating lemongrass notes that fire up the front of the tongue, mellowing toward a cohesive and prolonged finish. Maybe a bit more grip would not have gone amiss; nonetheless, this Sercial is delightful." -NM, Jul/2023
