Bual 1976

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: May 1998

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Bual 1976 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 22 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol: 20% ABV pH: 3.57 Residual Sugar: 105.5 g/l Total Acidity: 9.20 g/l tartaric acid Extract Content (excluding sugar): 24 g/l

Tasting Notes: Topaz colour with golden reflections. Characteristic bouquet of toffee, wood and vanilla with notes of spices and dried fruits. Very rich, smooth and full-bodied. Well balanced and a long spicy aftertaste.