blandys
 
Blandy’s Vintage Verdelho 1979
1976
1979
1982

Blandy’s Verdelho 1979 was aged for 36 years in seasoned in American oak casks and as with all the family’s vintages, this wine started its ageing process in the warm high attic floors of the lodge in the centre of Fun-chal. Over the 36 years, the wine passed down from the warmer top floor of the Blandy’s Wine Lodge where it spent the first 5  years, to the second floor for 25 years and finally to the cooler first for the remaining 6 years.

Reviews

Wine Advocate
3/29/2016
Points:
94

The nose is very comely with dried peach, fig, walnut and smoke, quite voluminous and generous while maintaining admirable definition. The palate is medium-bodied with a viscous opening (at least for a Verdelho), smooth in texture with dried honey, orange zest and ginger that segues into a focused finish that needs just a little more depth. ...a Verdelho with genuine character.

Wine & Spirits
1/31/2016
Points:
94

This smells like the spray off of orange zest, the wine bursting with fruit scents, then narrowing into a long, nutty finish. The flavors keep shifting and changing long after each sip, spicy, smoky and dynamic. And each sip seems to expand, then contract, then expand again in a dynamic and luscious interplay of fruit and tannins. Firm, juicy and dry, this is compelling to drink with or after a meal.

Wine Spectator
10/14/2015
Points:
93

This features an aroma of toffee, with fresh and powerful flavors of dried apricot, mango and roasted pineapple. Smoky notes emerge midpalate, with underbrush hints on the finish.