Tasting Notes
Vintage bottlings, or Colheitas, are uncommon from Madeira, so Henriques' Single Harvest Sercial 2001 gives us a rare opportunity to experience these highly sophisticated single year expressions. Like the estate's 5/10/15 Year Old expressions, the single harvest wines are produced using the traditional Canteiro method in Henrique's purpose built lodges in Camara de Lobos. In this process, the wines are cask-aged for a period of at least three years in Canterio lodge, against south-facing windows subjecting the wine to the gentler, natural warmth of the sun and it undergoes a much slower process of maturation. - Importer Note
Madeira is the world's most robust and long lived wine. They can easily live for centuries and stay fresh for months after opening. For those who have not tasted Madeira; it is a fortified wine from the Portuguese island of the same name, made in a range of styles from dry(ish) to sweet, yet always with an elegance and a distinctive, refreshing tang to close (this is what separates it from other, heavier tasting fortifieds). Henriques & Henriques has established an impeccable reputation as one of the top sources for high quality Madeira. They are the leading independent Madeira shipping house and practise an uncompromising devotion to the quality of their wines through the use of only the highest quality grapes, a remarkable state-of-the-art winery, and stoic, disciplined use of the estufa method of wine production. They are also unique in concentrating on quality Madeira's (rather than bulk handling of 'cooking' wine) and hold extensive stocks, some more than a century old, of these quality wines. The 10 year old, 15 year old, Solera, Vintage and very old Reserves are produced from Sercial, Verdelho, Bual or Malvasia ‚– as labelled. - Importer Note
| Product Type | Wine Fortified |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Madeira |
| Winemaking Practices | Conventional |
| Vineyard Practices | Conventional |