1993 Madeira Blandy's Bual 50cl (numbered bottle)

Producing only a limited edition of 1,500 bottles of 50 cl each. It presents a deep golden amber colour with green reflections. The aroma, reveals notes of mushrooms, olives, and nuts. The high concentration of flavour, slightly dry, is complemented with marmalade and apricot. Well balanced, with fresh acidity balancing the rich flavour. Good finish, with notes of caramel and white chocolate.

The Madeira Wine Company was originally an association of several Madeira wine producing companies, who decided to join forces to strengthen their buying and winemaking capabilities. This Association was founded in 1913. During the years of discord, the old family companies of Blandy's and Leacock joined together, followed immediately after the dispute by Miles and Cossart Gordon, thus creating the largest producer and exporter of Madeira wine. Whatever the size, maintaining the unique characteristics and style of each company was at the centre of the association's attention. By the late 1970s, interests in the Madeira Wine Company, as it became known, were reduced to just a handful of the original families with the Blandy family holding the controlling share. In 1989 the Blandy family, needing to strengthen the sales and marketing side of the business, invited the Symington family of Oporto, Portugal to join them in partnership. This partnership has continued to the present day, allowing the Madeira Wine Company to play a leading role in the development of the Madeira Wine trade.

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