Winery Blandy's - Sercial Madeira

Winery Blandy'sSercial Madeira

4.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sercial Madeira of Winery Blandy's is a natural sweet wine from the region of Madeira of Terras Madeirenses.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks and sweet desserts.
The Sercial Madeira of the Winery Blandy's is in the top 80 of wines of Portugal and in the top 5 of wines of Madeira.

Taste structure of the Sercial Madeira from the Winery Blandy's

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sercial Madeira of Winery Blandy's in the region of Terras Madeirenses is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, toffee

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

On the nose the Sercial Madeira of Winery Blandy's in the region of Terras Madeirenses often reveals types of flavors of oaky, caramel or toffee and sometimes also flavors of nutty, honey or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Blandy's's Sercial Madeira.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20.9°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Sercial

Portuguese, an ancient grape variety cultivated in particular in the Minho region and on the island of Madeira. It should not be confused with the cerceal branco and cerceal du Dâo, which are also related to the ramisco, trincadeira from Alentejo, alvarelhâo from Douro, etc. The Sercial can be found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, ... little known in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Sercial Madeira - 2008
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Sercial Madeira - 2004
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Sercial Madeira - 1975
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Sercial Madeira - 1974
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Sercial Madeira - 1968
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.811110.5
Sercial Madeira - 1966
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Sercial Madeira from Winery Blandy's are 1968, 1974, 2004, 1975 and 1966.

Informations about the Winery Blandy's

The winery offers 72 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Symington Family Estates.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Madeira in the region of Terras Madeirenses

The Winery Blandy's is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Madeira to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Terras Madeirenses
In the top 85 of of Portugal wines
In the top 5 of of Madeira wines
In the top 45 of natural sweet wines
In the top 1500 wines of the world

The wine region of Madeira

The wine region of Madeira is located in the region of Terras Madeirenses of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Blandy's or the Domaine Blandy's produce mainly wines natural sweet, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Madeira are Verdelho, Sercial and Touriga nacional, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Madeira often reveals types of flavors of oaky, minerality or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of butterscotch, salt or roasted almonds.


The wine region of Terras Madeirenses

Madeira is a Portuguese-owned archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, 600 miles (970km) southwest of Lisbon and 450 miles due west of the North African coast. It gives its name to one of the world's great fortified wines. Both the wine and the island hold unique places in the history of wine. All fortified wine from the island is now produced under the Madeira DOC, while the table wines are sold under the VR (Vinho Regional) title Terras Madeirenses.

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The word of the wine: Roast (taste of)

Characteristic taste of wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea.

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