Verdelho 10 Year Old Madeira Reserva Velha Barbeito 750mlA family owned winery founded in 1946, Barbeito are at the forefront of quality wine production on the island of Madeira. Working the steep and rugged vineyards here is a labour of love, as is the long barrel ageing required to make the refined and complex fortified wines the island is famed for. Their 10 Year Old Reserva Velha Verdelho is a shining example; it has wonderful bracing freshness balancing the sultana sweetness at the front of the palate

UK Vineyards Association

this wine brings out the best in simple

fermented in stainless steel before ageing in French oak barrels

On the nose

with sweet red berry fruit

The vineyard implements organic practices and makes wines from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides

This really is a wonderful wine that reveals its greatest glories on the brooding

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In 2021 Philippe passed on the majority of his vineyards to his own son

dry and hot during summer

drink at room temperature with chocolaty

from their incredibly old (mostly 80 years and older) vines farmed according to organic and biodynamic ethos