Borges Malvasia 20 years
Region: Madeira
Producer: BORGES
Why we chose this wine
Malvasia is the sweetest of the classic Madeira grapes. This 20 years is among the most fully mature expressions of Borges' dessert style.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Malvasia (Malmsey) |
| Drinking window | Ready to drink; keeps for several months after opening if stored cool and dry. |
| Serveren bij | Excellent as a dessert wine, or with blue cheese and chocolate. Serve between 15-16°C. |
| Alc. | 20.0% |
| Vinification | Malvasia grapes are pressed and fermented; fermentation is stopped early to retain plenty of natural sugar, by adding wine spirit, following the traditional Madeira method. |
| Ripening | Aged a minimum of 20 years in oak casks in Borges' cellars in Funchal. |
What the critics say
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
93/ 100
Published 27-11-2019
“Matured in 650-liter barrels, the NV Malvasia 20 Year Old from H. M. Borges is showing well, wafting from the glass with notes of sultanas, flambéed bananas, demerara sugar and iodine. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, voluptuously textural but tangy, with good concentration at the core and a nicely integrated profile, concluding with a long and lingeringly intense finish. This superb Malvasia was bottled in 2017.”
— William Kelley, Robert Parker Wine Advocate