Blandys 10 Year Old Malmsey Madeira 75cl

Description

Blandys 10 Year Old Malmsey Madeira is a “doce” or rich style of Madeira wine. The rich style of Malmsey, the local name for the Malvasia grape variety, is often served at the end of a meal or with dessert and pastries. This new edition of this ten year old Malmsey has been reformulated using age-old techniques combined with detailed knowledge of how each varietal evolves in the company’s 12 different ageing rooms in 2 very different locations.

For 200 years, Blandys Madeira has been synonymous with quality Madeira wine. The Blandy family has played a leading role in the development of Madeira wine throughout its long history. Its members continue to live on Madeira, maintaining a tradition that goes back to 1811. In 1989 to further expand the global market, Blandy’s approached another Anglo-Portuguese family, the Symingtons Family (owners of Port Houses Dow, Warre, Graham and Cockburn amongst others). They offered them a partnership with the newly named Madeira Wine Company (MWC). This partnership continues today and in 2011 the Blandys and the Symingtons signed an agreement giving the Blandy family control of the (MWC). The Symington remain minority shareholders. Today, Michael and Chris Blandy, 6th and 7th generation members, continue to work in the company, maintaining a tradition that spans over 200 years.

In 2024, Blandy’s revamped its 10-year-old Madeira range. The range consists of the four principal grape varieties of Madeira. These are Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, and Malvasia (Malmsey). Each variety demonstrates a classic style of Madeira wine: dry, medium dry, medium sweet and sweet respectively and this information is now much more apparent on the new labels. The wines are presented in colourless, transparent 75cl bottles, a first in Madeira. The new bottlings have also been reformulated after many years of research into how each variety evolves in the company’s 12 different ageing rooms across two locations: Blandy’s Wine Lodge in Funchal and the Winery in Caniçal.

Blandys 10 Year Old Malmsey Madeira is made from from 100% Malmsey sourced from various, high-quality vineyards including those located at Sao Jorge at altitudes of between 150-200m, on the north of the island. After fermentation and the subsequent fortification with 96% ABV grape spirit, the Malmsey wines for Blandys 10 Year Old Malmsey is aged for an average of 10 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional “Canteiro” system, whereby the casks of this wine are gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. During this natural ageing, the wine underwent regular racking before finally being bottled.