Sercial Dry Colheita (bottled 2013, 14yo) 1999 Ribeira Sacra it’s deep and soft

it’s deep and soft

All blue-black and sooo beautiful to smell: animale meat’n’blood

elegant honey-rich spiciness

spicy nose

Bright and fresh red cherry fruit marked by mint and other local herbs

Sercial Dry Colheita (bottled 2013, 14yo) 1999 Ribeira Sacra it’s deep and softBottled in 2013 at 14 years barrel aged. Aged via the canteiro process, which stacks barrels in warehouses, where the wine is gently warmed to create madeira's distinct style. 100% Sercial, with between 20 60g L residual sugar. With age comes a fuller array of complex wood volatile ester secondaries: here, the beautiful smell of an old cricket bat embalmed in linseed oil, along with deep grilled nut edged by citrus rind, with brandy snap and ginger