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The Vineyard, Fall Edition, 2007Rare, IrreplaceableVintage MadeirasVintage Madeira is a very rare commodity, in fact extremely rare. Vintage years are declared 30 yearsafter the vintage. The wines are kept in cask for 20 years before being bottled. They are ready to drinkat this stage but are still considered young wines. Make no mistake, these elder citizens are wines ofgreat consequence. Madeira, meaning “forested” in Portugese, is a small volcanic island 400 miles offthe coast of Morocco. Vines grow perched on ledges in the fertile soil, infused with potash from a firethat raged for 7 years in the 15th century. Madeira is one of the longest lived of all wines and hasretained its popularity since the 18th century, and, despite attacks by odium and phylloxera, outstandingquality wine has been produced since the 19th century. Today’s Madeira is known by the principalgrape varieties used; Sercial producing the driest wine, Verdelho, Bual and Malmsey, the sweetest.Madeira Styles• Sercial: Made from the Sercial grape. Often high tone,nutty, with lots of character. Dry wine.• Verdelho: Medium to dry from the Verdelho grape.Smoky complexity with tang of acidity.• Bual: Dark medium-rich, raisiny made from the Bualgrape. Retains acidity with age.• Malmsey: From the Malvasia Candida and MalvasiaBabos grapes. Very sweet. Big levels of acidity. Gainsrichness with age.BarbeitoIt is ironic that among major producers of Madeira, theyoungest firm has the most impressive stock of very oldwines not only on the island of Madeira, but in the world.Vinhos Barbeito was founded just 58 years ago, in 1946,by Mario Barbeito de Vasconcelos, a wealthy businessman.The firm’s incredible range of old vintages today isdue to his foresight, since in the 1940’s and 1950’s Bareitode Vasconcelos went around the island buying up largequantities of privately owned wine, some of it dating backto the 18th century. These old wines became the foundationfor one of the world’s most unique wine libraries.1960 Boal____________________________199.991955 Boal____________________________299.991953 Boal____________________________299.991912 Boal____________________________349.991910 Boal____________________________349.991962 Malvasia_________________________199.991954 Malvasia_________________________299.991948 Malvasia_________________________349.991875 Malvasia_________________________599.991935 Sercial_ __________________________299.991910 Sercial_ __________________________349.991929 Verdelho_ ________________________299.991926 Verdelho_ ________________________299.99BlandysThe Blandys are unique in being the only family of all theoriginal founders of the Madeira wine trade to still ownand manage their own original wine company; nearly 2centuries of fine wine production, 1811 - 2006.1977 Bual____________________________159.991971 Bual____________________________169.991968 Bual____________________________169.991964 Bual____________________________199.991960 Bual____________________________259.991948 Bual____________________________359.991920 Bual____________________________699.991974 Sercial_ __________________________149.991966 Sercial_ __________________________149.991977 Verdelho_ ________________________159.991968 Verdelho_ ________________________169.99Broadbent1940 Sercial_ __________________________599.991954 Verdelho_ ________________________399.991964 Bual____________________________369.991978 Bual____________________________219.991978 Terrantez_ ________________________289.99CossartCossart Gordon & Co. was established in 1745 and is theoldest company in the Madeira Wine trade. Francis Newton,a young Scot, sailed from Gravesend in Britain andarrived in Madeira on September 12th 1745 founding thecompany. He was joined by his younger brother Thomasfrom 1758 to 1763 and then by another Scot, Thomas Gordonof Balmaghie also in 1758. Thomas Murdoch joinedthe firm in 1791 that came to be called Newton, Gordon,Murcoch & Co. By 1850 the firm was said to be shipping“half the growth of the island” and Newton’s contacts inAmerica through his brother Andrew (who left Scotlandfor Virginia) were proving to be highly successful and thecompany acquired an unequalled reputation as suppliersof fine Madeiras. To this day, Cossart Gordon Madeiras areconsidered the very finest available.1963 Bual____________________________199.991950 Sercial_ __________________________249.99D’OliveiraD’Oliveira is one of the greatest of the classic Madeirashippers, and one of the few to survive from the pre-phylloxeraera. Founded in 1820, and today housed in cellarsthat date from 1619, this small jewel of a company is stillowned by the same family, its vineyards holdings built upover time through a series of marriages with other wineproducingfamilies.But what is really extraordinary is that D’Olivera hasheld on to many of its most famous vintages, creatinga unique, and irreplaceable, stock of old wines. And remarkablythey are all D’Oliveira wines, not purchasedfrom other shippers or growers.1968 Boal____________________________179.991922 Boal____________________________399.991908 Boal____________________________499.991903 Boal____________________________649.991907 Malvasia_________________________599.991895 Malvasia_________________________649.991900 Moscatel_________________________649.991937 Sercial_ __________________________349.991966 Verdelho_ ________________________179.991912 Verdelho_ ________________________499.991905 Verdelho_ ________________________599.991900 Verdelho_ ________________________649.991977 Terrantez_ ________________________149.99LeacockJohn Leacock sailed to Madeira from the United Kingdom(after the death of his father) in 1741 and at the age of 15became the youngest apprentice at the firm of Madeiramerchants, Catanach and Murdoch staying until his contractexpired on 11 March 1749. During his apprenticeshiphe had been in constant contact with an old schoolfriend, John Patient, residing at that time in Charles Town,South Carolina who suggested that they themselvesshould commence trading. Leacock agreed and thismarks the birth of the now world famous company.1966 Bual____________________________199.991963 Sercial_ __________________________179.991950 Sercial_ __________________________249.991973 Verdelho_ ________________________139.99PG. 34 | Phone 1-800-491-3438 • Local 417-883-4066 • FAX 417-881-0036