1973 Madeira Blandy's Verdelho

Madeira Verdelho Blandy's 1973 is a unique vintage from Madeira. This wine has aged for 41 years in American barrels in the traditional "Canteiro" system, where the barrels are gradually transferred from the upper floors of the winery, where it is naturally warmer, to the intermediate floors and eventually down to the ground floor where it is cooler. This wine is regularly transferred from barrel to barrel until it reaches its desired maturity and then bottled. Clear, topaz colour with golden-green reflections. Intense and complex Madeira bouquet with hints of oak and dried fruits. Full-bodied, medium dry, fresh with a long and warm finish.

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.