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Madeira is a fortified wine from the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. The must ferments with its own yeasts and is stopped with neutral grape spirit of at least 96 % vol, early for sweet wines and late for dry ones. The wine is then aged warm, either heated in tanks (estufagem) at no more than 50 °C for at least 90 days, or in casks in warm lofts (canteiro) for at least 2 years.
No fixed amounts recordedThe specification fixes no batch size. It sets the must, the spirit and the limits on concentrated must; how much spirit goes in depends on how sweet the wine is meant to be.
Grape must from the Madeira Demarcated Region
Natural potential alcohol of at least 9 % vol[madeira-pdo]
Concentrated or rectified concentrated grape must from the region (optional)
May raise the total alcohol by no more than 8 % vol[madeira-pdo]
Starter
spontaneous (yeasts from the vineyard and the cellar)
Total time across the recorded steps: 2.3 years
Start
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What changes:Ripe grapes are picked, mostly by hand, on small terraced island plots
Step 1 of 6
Harvest grapes in the Madeira Demarcated Region
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Output: ripe grapes.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
Madeira is a fortified wine from the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. The must ferments with its own yeasts and is stopped with neutral grape spirit of at least 96 % vol, early for sweet wines and late for dry ones. The wine is then aged warm, either heated in tanks (estufagem) at no more than 50 °C for at least 90 days, or in casks in warm lofts (canteiro) for at least 2 years. Made in 6 steps over 2.3 years. The longest step, or age in casks in warm lofts (canteiro), takes at least 2 years (Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho 2012) and runs at 30–35 °C (Perestrelo R 2023). Saccharomyces cerevisiae does most of the fermenting.
Port is fortified the same way, but Madeira is then deliberately aged warm, either heated in tanks (estufagem) or kept for years in casks in warm lofts (canteiro). Its spirit is neutral alcohol of wine origin of at least 96 % vol.
MalvasiaSweet, deep amber, with raisin and molasses notes.
RainwaterDry or medium dry, golden and light.
Colheita, Frasqueira or GarrafeiraTraditional terms tied to the harvest year. The specification describes Garrafeira and Frasqueira as wines of exceptional quality and Colheita as good quality.
Safety
The specification caps volatile acidity at 1.2 g acetic acid per litre for wines up to 10 years old and 1.5 g/L for older wines.
Madeira wine has been made on Madeira island since the 15th century and is tied to the Age of Discovery. The PDO file lists regional and national rules on it from 1913 (Decree 218), 1934 and 1957 among its supporting documents.