Broadbent Malmsey - Broadbent 10 Yr Malmsey

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Producer	Broadbent Malmsey
Country	Portugal
Region	Madeira
Varietal	Blend Sweet White Dessert
Sku	38133

The non-vintage Broadbent Malmsey 10-Year-Old has a lucid auburn hue. The nose is light and elegant with hints of toffee, mandarin, and pressed flowers. The palate is smooth and sensual. It is extremely well-balanced with a graceful, spicy, almost peppery finish that demonstrates great persistency. This is an excellent Malmsey wine, surfeit with brio and hubris! 

I decided to separate Madeira wines stenciled with “Broadbent,” though technically I could have included them with Justino where they are selected and bottled. The company, Broadbent Selections Inc, is a newcomer on the scene having been founded in 1996 by Michael’s son Bartholomew. Perhaps like others, I was intrigued to know the difference between Justino and Broadbent Madeira wines and Bartholomew was kind enough to explain..“I sent my father over to the island because he is such a Madeira nut. He and my mother went there and visited numerous producers. We settled on Justino’s because they had the most interesting barrels of wine, young and old. My parents tasted blends with the winemaker and came up with our own unique blends. The one blend that I changed afterwards was the Broadbent 10 year Malmsey, which I feel we improved. Some of my mother’s notes were better than my father’s. She described one wine as ‘a deathbed raiser.’ When asked for an explanation, she said, “If someone gave me this wine on my deathbed, I’d get up and go!” “So, the initial blends, our Rainwater, 3 year-old, 5 year Reserve, 10 year Malmsey (since modified) were blends created by my father (and mother) with Justino’s. They are unique to us and the blends continue to be made to taste consistent to this day. As far as I know, though, you can only get each wine in each market with one label. In other words, if we are selling a Broadbent 1933 vintage Madeira in America, Justino’s won’t sell the same wine with another label to the U.S. market.” “Colheita Madeira is different. Colheita was not an accepted Madeira category in 1996, so my parents were not involved. We do bottle Colheitas and so do Justino’s, from the same vintages. However, it is my understanding, that the Colheita barrel for Broadbent is not the same barrel used to bottle Justino’s own bottling (so) the main difference would come from barrel variation. I believe the barrels come from various suppliers in Scotland having been used to age Scotch and those Scots usually buy their barrels from Port or Sherry producers. Therefore the barrels are nicely seasoned and each one will impart different characteristics over time. I have been to the island to taste through various Colheita barrels at Justino’s and have pinpointed certain barrels to use for our blends. But the final blend is made by Juan Teixeira, the brilliant winemaker.” I found the Broadbent Madeiras to be generally of very high quality, the highlight being a tour de force 1978 Terrantez. These bottles do not come cheap and there is no escaping the fact that the aforementioned Terrantez is the same price as many of the century-old bottlings from Barbeito or Pereira d’Oliveira. Then again, that Terrantez will easily last another century or more!