Wine style
Madeira
A fortified wine from the Atlantic island of Madeira, deliberately heated and exposed to air, which is why an open bottle keeps for months.
Where it is
Map data: Candiago; Natural Earth
At a glance
- Grape
- Tinta Negra for most wines; Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia name the classic styles, driest to sweetest
- Where
- Madeira, an Atlantic island of Portugal
- In the glass
- Caramel
- Dried fruit
- High acidity