Henriques & Henriques’ Bastardo 1927 is one of the great treasures of Madeira’s winemaking heritage. After the legendary releases from D’Oliveira, Leacock, and Blandy, this bottling stands as only the fourth commercial expression of Bastardo from this fabled vintage. Drawn in 2021 from one of just two casks that had quietly matured in Henriques’ cellars for nearly a century, it embodies both rarity and endurance. Bastardo itself is a near-forgotten grape on the island, notoriously difficult to cultivate, which makes this release all the more remarkable. To encounter such a wine is to touch a piece of history—an echo of another era, preserved in wood and time, now captured in bottle for only a fortunate few.
1927
Henriques & Henriques Bastardo 1927 6x75cl 20/20 RV
Highest score: 20/20 points!
“Spicy, vibrant, rich, tense. Extraordinary.”
Price IN BOND
£5,610.00 6 x 75cl Bottles
1 in stock
| Colour | N/A |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 1927 |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Madeira (Island) |
A Singular Rarity from Madeira
20 points Revista de Vinhos
Bastardo. Huge aromatic concentration and depth, among balsamic, spicy, varnish, cedar, and tobacco leaf notes. Honey. Saline and iodized. Elegant, discreet acidity on the attack, it grows in the mouth, vertical. Spicy, vibrant, rich, tense. Extraordinary.
18 points Richard Mayson
Bastardo is synonymous designation of the Trousseau grape grown in parts of France. It ripens early and reaches significant sugar levels. This wine is real rarity and was only bottled in 2021: nut brown-mahogany in hue with spicy though slightly baked-toasted aromas and a pronounced torrefaction richness on the palate (114g/l residual sugar) redolent of dark chocolate and roasted coffee. The acidity really cuts though (11 g/l tartaric) leading to a long bitter-sweet finish. A rather wonderful curiosity and a great survivor.
