Blandy's Madeira Verdelho Colheita 1977 Fortificado

Description

For 200 years, Blandy's Madeira has been synonymous with quality Madeira wine. Blandy is the only family among all the founders of the Madeira wine trade that still owns and runs its original Madeira wine company. The family has played a pivotal role in leading the development of Madeira wine throughout its history, and family members still live on 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 join forces to strengthen their purchasing and production capabilities. This association was founded in 1913. During a period of discord, the old family companies Blandy's and Leacock merged, followed immediately by the dispute over Miles and Cossart Gordon, thereby creating the largest producer and exporter of Madeira wine. Regardless of size, maintaining the unique characteristics and style of each individual company was at the heart of the association. By the late 1970s, the 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 bolster the sales and marketing side of the business, invited the Symington family from Porto, Portugal, to join them in partnership. 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 presented. (illustrative image only)