Region<\/strong>: Madeira Island, Portugal<\/p>\n GRAPE VARIETIES:\u00a0Verdelho<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n VINEYARDS:\u00a0<\/span>Various quality vineyards in Ponta Delgada and S\u00e3o Vicente at altitudes of up to 400m.<\/span><\/p>\n VINIFICATION:\u00a0<\/span>Blandy’s 5 year old Verdelho underwent fermentation off the skins with natural yeast at temperatures between 18\u00b0C – 21\u00b0C in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. After approximately 4 days, fortification with grape brandy takes place, arresting fermentation at the desired degree of sweetness.<\/span><\/p>\n MATURATION:\u00a0<\/span>Blandy’s 5 year old Verdelho was aged in American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system. This comprises of the gentle heating of the wine in the lofts of the lodges in Funchal. Over the years the wine is transferred from the top floors to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. After this gradual ‘estufagem’ the wine underwent racking and fining before the blend was assembled and bottled.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SPECIFICATION<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Alcohol: 19% ABV<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0pH: 3.43<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Residual Sugar:78 g\/l<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Total Acidity: 6.53 g\/l tartaric acid<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SERVING &CELLARAGE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Blandy’s 5 year old Verdelho is fined and does not require decanting. It is excellent as an aperitif but is also exceedingly good with soups, feathered game and pat\u00eas. It has been bottled when ready for drinking and will keep for several months after opening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRESS COMMENTS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “Gorgeous full-bodied mouth feel on the palate with slightly smoked rich creamy flavours and tones of honey, introduced by luxurious warm full orangey aromas. Simply delightful.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0International Wine Challenge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n AWARDS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Silver Medal, IWC 2001<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Silver Medal, IWC 2002<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TASTING NOTES<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Clear, topaz colour, with a golden rim. Complex nose, revealing a fresh bouquet with raisins, dried fruits, wood and spices.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Clear, topaz colour, with a golden rim. Complex nose, revealing a fresh bouquet with raisins, dried fruits, wood and spices.\u00a0 |\u00a0 Region: Madeira Island, Portugal.\u00a0 |\u00a0 Madeira Wine Blandy’s 5 Years Verdelho<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[141,134,139],"product_tag":[222,200],"class_list":["post-4623","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-madeira-wine","product_cat-madeira-acores-en","product_cat-ports-fortified","product_tag-fortified-wine","product_tag-madeira-wine","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}