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`cuse me for asking, late-harvest Semillon from Portugal?
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:01 pm
by Bob Parsons Alberta
I have never come across/even heard of any late-harvest Semillon from Portugal, not even the Douro. So imagine my surprise when at DeVines today (I was helping out), I unpacked a 6 bottle pack of Grandjo from Real Companha Velha.
I also came across, get this, Henriques Madeira Boal 2000 Single Harvest. How rare is this forumites?
Re: `cuse me for asking, late-harvest Semillon from Portugal?
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:15 pm
by xpedro guimarães
The Grandjo is probably Portugal's best late harvest and while it's not a rarity it's also not a common bottle of wine...regarding the Madeira unfortunately i have no clue :)
Re: `cuse me for asking, late-harvest Semillon from Portugal?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:51 pm
by Roy Hersh
The Henriques Boal "single harvest" better known as a Colheita Madeira, is a wine produced and eventually will be a Frasqueira (or Vintage Madeira) when it has achieved 20 years in cask. Until then it can not be called either of the aforementioned categories of Madeira, but will show the promise of the wine and likely will still be tasty. It is similar to having a really young Colheita Port.