Madeira Flashcards
How far away from Portugal is Madeira?
625 miles
What is “round trip”?
Torna viagem
What are the two inhabited islands?
Madeira
Porto Santo
What are Madeira’s terraces and what are they made of?
Poios
Walls of basal stone
What also grows on Madeira?
Banans, sugarcane, passionfruit
How are most vines trained?
pergola
What is the name for canals?
Levadas
How large is the average growers estate?
0.3 hectare
What organization regulates harvesting and production methods?
The Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft Institute of Madeira (IVBAM)
How many Madeira production companies are there, and where are most of them based?
8
Funchal
How many Madeira production companies export wine?
6
What is the largest production company in Madeira? How much export are they responsible for?
Vinhos Justino Henriques
Half
When was the Madeira Wine Company formed?
1913
What are two famous brands of the Madeira Wine Company?
Blandy’s
Cossart Gordon
Who is Madeira’s largest independent producer?
Henriques & Henriques
Where are shipping companies usually based?
London
A shipper will select ____ from a ____, who will then _____ the wine under the shipper’s ____
wines, producer
wine, brand
Who stores Madeira and sells it at maturity?
Partidistas
Name the Madeira production companies
H.M. Borges Henriques & Henriques Madeira Wine Company Pereira D'Oliveira Vinhos Barbeito Vinhos Justino Henriques Faria & Filhos
What are the principal grapes of Madeira
Sercial
Verdelho
Boal
Malmsey
What is a synonym for Sercial?
Esgana Cao
What is a synonym for Boal
Bual
Malvasia Fina
What is a synonym for Verdelho?
Gouveio
What is a synonym for Malmsey?
Malvasia Candida
Malvasia Branca de Sao Jorge
What is Madeira’s “workhorse”? How much of the island’s production is it?
Tinta Negra Mole
85%
What is the minimum stated variety for Madeira if it’s not Tinta Negra
85%
When did phylloxera hit Madeira
1872
What grape was the most planted, before phylloxera?
Verdelho
Which American hybrid grapes were introduced to Madeira during this time of phylloxera?
Which grapes were not replanted?
Cunningham
Jacquet
Isabella
Bastardo
Terrantez
What is the order of sweet-to-dry with Madeira grapes?
Malmsey
Bual
Verdelho
Sercial
Terrantez has similar sweetness to what?
Verdelho
Which two grapes are harvested last?
Sercial
Verdelho
Which grapes are fermented on skins?
Boal
Malmsey
How long does Malvasia ferment prior to fortification?
a few hours
What is the estufa and what does it do?
A stainless steel vat that warms the wine by circulating hot water through serpentine coils inside the tank.
What temperature is the wine heated to in the estufa and for how long?
113-122 (or 45-50)
at least 3 months
What is estagio, and for how long does it take place?
rest, 90 days
How long are Madeira usually cask aged?
At least 2 years
How long will Frasquieras Vinhos de Canteiro remain in cask?
20+ years
What does Sercial often taste like?
youthful citrus into almond
What is the usual RS of Sercial
40-45 g/l
What is the grape of Rainwater?
Tinta Negra
What is the youngest a Rainwater wine can be?
3 years
What is the sugar profile of Rainwater?
Medium dry
How are Seleccionado wines aged?
In tank
What is the primary grape of Selccianado?
Tinta Negra
What is the minimum age for Reserve?
5 years
What is the minimum age for Special Reserve?
10 years (but below 15)
How is Special Reserve heated?
By Canteiro
What is Canteiro?
Aging in casks for at least 2 years in lodge attics.
What is the age range of Extra Reserve?
15-20 years
What is solera?
Just as it sounds, fractional blending.
What is the maximum % of stock allowed to be used per year in the solera?
10%
What is the date of the solera bottled?
The starting date of the actual Solera
What is the min % requirement of Madeira Colheita? How long is minimum aging?
85%
5 years
What are aging requirements for Frasqueira?
Vintage minimum 20 years in cask
What rare Madeira undertook an actual ocean journey across the equator?
Vinho da Roda/Vinho da Torno/Vinho da Volta
