Henriques & Henriques | Rainwater – NV

Description

Dessert Wine: Henriques & Henriques | Rainwater – NV

“Rainwater” bottling is based on the Tinta Mole Negra grape variety and is redolent of roasted nuts. The palate is sweet but balanced beautifully with the rich, tangy finish.

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Producer: Henriques & Henriques

Vintage: NV

Size: 750ml

ABV: 19%

Varietal: Tinta Negra Mole

Country/Region: Portugal, Madeira

“Rainwater” bottling is based on the Tinta Mole Negra grape variety and is redolent of roasted nuts. The palate is sweet but balanced beautifully with the rich, tangy finish.

Producer Information

The history of Henriques & Henriques goes back to 1425, when, according to legend, Infante Dom Henriques planted the first vines on the island of Madeira. However, the firm Henriques & Henriques was founded in 1850 as a partidista — someone who buys stocks or makes their own wine and sells it to the larger shippers — from the family’s vineyard holdings on the island. In 1925, H&H began to bottle and export Madeira made entirely from their own vineyards, something unique among producers and shippers. To this day, Henriques & Henriques own the largest single vineyard on the island — the 10-hectare Quinta Grande — and boast an impressive selection of vintage and solera bottlings dating from before 1925 in the family’s cellars. Perhaps most important, H&H have been in the vanguard of vineyard plantings and preservation of the noble grapes of Madeira: Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia. Their age-statement varietal wines are viewed as the benchmark of quality.