1999 Madeira Blandy's Malmsey Colheita Fortificado

Description

For 200 years, Blandy’s Madeira has been synonymous with quality Madeira wine. Blandy, the only family among all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade still owning and running its own original Madeira wine company, has played a pivotal role in leading the development of Madeira wine throughout its history, and family members continue to live in Madeira, preserving a tradition that dates back to 1811. The Madeira Wine Company was originally an association of several Madeira wine producers who decided to unite to strengthen their purchasing and production capabilities. This association was founded in 1913. During a period of discord, the old family businesses Blandy’s and Leacock joined, followed immediately by the dispute over Miles and Cossart Gordon, thereby creating the largest producer and exporter of Madeira wine. Whatever the size, preserving the unique characteristics and style of each individual company remained the focus of the association. By the late 1970s, interests in the Madeira Wine Company, as it was known, had been reduced to just a handful of the original families, with the Blandy family holding the controlling share. In 1989, the Blandy family, needing to strengthen the sales and marketing side of the business, invited the Symington family from Porto, Portugal, to partner with them. This partnership has continued to this day, allowing the Madeira Wine Company to play a leading role in the development of the Madeira wine trade. The bottling year may not correspond to the image shown. (Illustrative image only)