Colheita Boal, 2014
Medium-sweet Boal Madeira with honeyed fruit and spice.
About this wine
Wine Style:
Medium-sweet fortified Madeira.
Tasting Notes:
Appearance:
⤍ Golden.
Nose:
⤍ Fruit and gentle spice..
Palate:
⤍ Honey, dates and candied apricot; sweetness balanced by acidity..
Finish:
⤍ Candied apricot and spice.
Gastronomy:
∙ Mature cheese, fruit tart, butter biscuits.
∙ Avoid: Delicate raw seafood, very spicy dishes
Ageing method:
Canteiro; over a decade in wood for the 2025 bottling.
Winemaking process:
Boal from the single 2014 harvest is fermented in stainless steel and fortified with grape spirit after a few days, keeping natural sweetness. The wine then ages in French and American oak casks by the canteiro method, warmed slowly under the lodge roof. Justino's, founded in 1870, is one of Madeira's oldest wine houses.
Interesting notes:
Boal, also called Bual, is a white grape used for medium-sweet Madeira, known for dried-fruit, caramel and nutty notes balanced by fresh acidity.
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