Henriques & Henriques - Boal Single Harvest Madeira 2000 Emilia Romagna

Henriques & Henriques - Boal Single Harvest Madeira 2000 Emilia RomagnaThe H&H Boal Single Harvest 2000 is a colheita bottling: an early bottled vintage wine. (H&H prefer to use the term Single Harvest, a rough translation of Colheita.) Atypical for the house, this is reserved and surprisingly understated, imbued with detail and quiet confidence. Clove, cherry, brown sugar and rancio notes beckon from the glass. In the mouth, its supple and focused, a rich caress of pixilated Boal flavors enjoined to a long and refined

in the garage of his parents

Ample tannins but precise

tilled earth and dark spice that carry over to the delicious full-bodied palate

then into less tart flavors of Meyer lemons and watermelon rind

giving great promise of final elegance

The 2018 Shannon Ridge High Elevation Collection Sauvignon Blanc is an excellent wine

ripe red fruit and spicy notes of white pepper and anice

there is great concentration here as well as rich black fruits

It has power

Our Chenin Blanc vineyard (planted in 1987) is the first vineyard to receive the rays of light rising over the Simonsberg mountain

floral and fine herbal notes

tanks and undergoes malolactic fermentation