Blandy's : Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010

Characteristics and Tasting Tips for the Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010 by Blandy's

Tasting

Appearance

This Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010 reveals a brilliant, crystal-clear topaz colour with golden highlights.

Nose

The nose is intense and indulgent, driven by aromas of apple jelly and yellow-fruit chutney, enhanced by notes of aged brandy and a hint of spice.

Palate

The palate, medium-dry and fresh, reveals saline touches before culminating in a long, warming finish full of candied fruit and brandy.

Food and wine pairings

This Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010 is a pleasure to enjoy as an aperitif. It also pairs beautifully with a tropical fruit and avocado salad, foie gras, game pâtés or terrines, as well as mature, salty cheeses.

Serving and cellaring

We recommend decanting the Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010 before serving, as this wine may develop a natural sediment over time in bottle. A cool serving temperature of around 8 to 12°C will best reveal its vivacity and balance.

A Madeira Wine by Blandy's, a Pure Expression of Porto Moniz Verdelho

The estate

Founded in 1811 by John Blandy and his brothers, the House of Blandy's is today the only founding family in the Madeira wine trade that still owns and runs its original company. Having returned to majority family ownership in 2011, it is chaired by Chris Blandy. A premium brand of the Madeira Wine Company, Blandy's cultivates around 10 hectares of vines on the island of Madeira through its Sétima Geração (7G) viticultural project, perpetuating a tradition of excellence for over two centuries and seven generations.

The vineyard

The grapes for this Verdelho Colheita Single Harvest 2010 come from Porto Moniz, on the north coast of the island of Madeira, a cool area particularly exposed to ocean winds. These Portuguese vines, trained on trellises, are rooted in soils of volcanic origin combining basalt, trachyte, tuff, scoria and conglomerates. The entirely manual harvest is carried out through a qualitative selection staggered over several weeks, as the grapes ripen.

The vintage

The 2010 harvest was overseen by oenologist Richard Mayson, in the temperate, oceanic-influenced climate characteristic of the island of Madeira, where temperature, humidity and rainfall vary with altitude.

Winemaking and ageing

After the harvest, this Terras Madeirenses wine was aged using the traditional canteiro system, in 650-litre casks at ambient temperature, until its bottling in 2023, carried out by oenologist Francisco Albuquerque. This long maturation in wood gives it its aromatic complexity and remarkable depth.

Grape variety

This Madeira wine is made from Verdelho, an emblematic grape variety of Madeira, renowned for its vivacity and its ability to produce medium-dry wines with a fine acidic structure.