Henriques and Henriques Sercial 10 Year Old Madeira 750 ML

Sercial is a favorite style of Madeira and for good reason, it’s the least sweet style yet the dash of sweetness is greatly balanced by the tell-tale acidity. This is aged for an average of 10 years. Full of preserved lemons, black tea tannins and spice. Very elegant and a delicious choice for your cheese plate with cured salami and fresh walnuts.n n Producer Informationn The history of Henriques & Henriques goes back to 1425, when, according to legend, Infante Dom Henriques planted the first vines on the island of Madeira. However, the firm Henriques & Henriques was founded in 1850 as a partidista — someone who buys stocks or makes their own wine and sells it to the larger shippers — from the family’s vineyard holdings on the island. In 1925, H&H began to bottle and export Madeira made entirely from their own vineyards, something unique among producers and shippers. To this day, Henriques & Henriques own the largest single vineyard on the island — the 10-hectare Quinta Grande — and boast an impressive selection of vintage and solera bottlings dating from before 1925 in the family’s cellars. Perhaps most important, H&H have been in the vanguard of vineyard plantings and preservation of the noble grapes of Madeira: Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia. Their age-statement varietal wines are viewed as the benchmark of quality.