Henriques & Henriques Boal 1997 750ml

Henriques & Henriques is a leading independent Madeira shipping house with a long-standing reputation for quality. Unusually for Madeira, it owns and farms a significant share of its own vineyards, and it holds extensive stocks of old wines in cask and bottle, some of them more than a century old.

This Boal comes from the 1997 harvest and has spent more than 20 years maturing in cask, the long ageing that defines Madeira's vintage wines. The fruit was grown on ferruginous, iron-rich soils, which contribute a mineral character to the wine.

Boal is the medium-rich style of Madeira, sitting between Verdelho and Malmsey in sweetness. Long cask ageing deepens its colour towards amber and mahogany and builds layers of concentration, while Madeira's signature acidity keeps the richness in balance through a long finish.