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White Fortified

White Fortified

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Tasting Notes
Color & Aroma

A deep golden amber in colour. Hints of cold tea on the nose, along with honey, and white florals.

Palate

Lush, honeyed, caramalised toffee and nuts. Flavours
of citrus peel, honey, treacle and raisin.

Pairing

This wine is a natural fit for cheese – think blue, washed rind or aged hard styles. Apple and banana-based desserts with clove or spice. 

About

In the cave beneath Maxwell’s McLaren Vale estate, three very different fortified wines have been biding their time: this white fortified, along with a vintage shiraz and a tawny.

White fortifieds are rarely about a single vintage.
Instead, they tend to be quiet accumulations of time – small parcels from different years folding into one another, building layers.

Several vintages of fortified Verdelho have then been barrel -aged and blended to create this deliciously rich and smooth fortified wine.

This is the fortified you pour when the sun is low, but the day isn’t done – after an autumn walk, a mushroom hunt, or a long lunch that needs a soft landing.

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Technical
Varietal
Verdelho 100%
Region
McLaren Vale
Alcohol
21.5% Alc./Vol.
PH
3.56
TA
6.85g/L
Winemaking
Maker Notes

Maxwell White Fortified draws predominately from barrels of 2013 vintage with some older components from the early 2000s adding depth. Long, slow ageing in old wood has shaped something golden, nutty and gently caramelized, but still bright enough to feel lifted.

Cask Aged since 2013, limited to 1600 bottles
Reviews
Tony Love

One of three limited and reserved fortified wines lovingly cared for over many years by the Maxwell clan in their underground cellars in McLaren Vale. Crafted from majority 2013 vintage barrels of the classic Madeira variety Verdelho, long grown in South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula, fortified sensitively with brandy spirit and blended with older parcels to add depth and balance, this has a captivating golden colour to set the mood, its tone lush, smooth and generously citrus and stone fruit rich. Think white flower tea with honey, mandarin marmalade, roasted apricot and quince with a gentle brandy layering underneath, all woven into a gentle liqueur style that suits richer fruit desserts and well-flavoured cheeses. 
 
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White Fortified

This is the fortified you pour when the sun is low, but the day isn't done - after an autumn walk, a mushroom hunt, or a long lunch that needs a soft landing.

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