This is a bottle of 1977 vintage
Madeira, made from Terrantez, which I bought in England. The grape known as
Terrantez in Madeira is more widely known as Folgasao and is a low yielding but
high quality grape. Although the grape is fast disappearing from Madeira, it is
fondly remembered for the quality of its wines. Talking to Cristiano van
Zeller, he told me his favourite Madeira was Terrantez. The 1795 was one of
those great historical vintages which produced a lot of long-lived Terrantez
wines, many still surviving to this day. They number amongst some of the oldest
surviving wines on earth.
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