Product Overview
Winery’s Notes:COLOUR – Dark amber with golden reflections.AROMA – Very complex and characteristic bouquet. Lush with notes of toasted wood, dried fruit, vanilla-like sweet spices, saffron, ripe fruit chutney, dried leaves, and tea.MOUTH – Very rich, smooth, and balanced, medium sweet, with a very long finish leaving notes of chutney and resinous woods such as cedar.
MAIN BUAL VINEYARD AREAS – Calheta, Arco and Estreito da Calheta, South coast.VINEYARD CONDUCTION SYSTEM – Espalier.HARVEST YEAR – 1976.HARVEST METHOD – Manual, with qualitative selection, during several periods according to the state of maturation.MATURATION / AGEING – In a “canteiro” system, in 650 L casks at room temperature until the month of bottling.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION – Madeira Island (Portugal). Located in the Atlantic Ocean about 900 km from the Portuguese coast and 600 km from Africa.SOIL TYPE – Different types of soils of vulcanic nature, derived mainly from basalt, trachytes, tufa, slag and conglomerates.CLIMATE – Temperate with oceanic charachteristics, verifying a variation of the temperature, humidity and rainfall, depending on the altitude.
Residual Sugar: 115 g/LBottling Year: 2023Winemaker: Francisco Albuquerque
95 Points – Wine Enthusiast“The wine’s sweetness with a dry, dried fruit richness. Its tangy character is impressively concentrated with nuttiness and acidity at the end.” -RV, 11/1/23
94 Points – Vinous“The 1976 Bual was aged for 46 years in very old oak casks. This bottling is limited to 983 bottles plus assorted larger formats. It has a generous bouquet with a lovely warmth. Allspice intermixes with cardamom, curry leaf, dried honey and light wood varnish scents that become more prominent with time. The palate is beautifully balanced with heart-warming purity. With fine tannins and a gentle grip, this is very harmonious, with just the right amount of spice to enliven the finish. Not the most outgoing Bual you will find, almost low-key in a way, yet you’ll keep coming back for another sip. Divine.” -NM, Jul/2023
