Bastardo Madeira wine bottlings
Barbeito Bastardo Duas Pipas
Bastardo is again available as a new wine courtesy of Barbeito.
The rarest of grapes with tiny production have yielded a small number of bottles under the “Duas Pipas” rubric reflecting that this bottling is a blend from two casks producing just 1700 bottles.
The wine, released in August 2019 has a blend of wines from the 2010 and 2012 harvests.
You can read what the winemaker Ricardo Diogo V. Freitas says on the back of the label of this innovative and exciting wine that is making a wonderful and welcome return from near extinction.
Do not expect to see large volumes as this is a grape that is difficult to grow.
Bastardo Três Pipas
More excitement as Barbeito have gone on to launch Barbeito Bastardo Três Pipas Reserva Velha, a medium dry style. Barbeito tells us that the Bastardo vines were replanted in 2004 and have been harvested since 2007. The vines are grown in São Jorge in the north of Madeira by Teófilo Cunha.
This wine makes an excellent aperitif or as an accompaniment to fish having ripe citrus notes. Only 2139 bottles have been produced.
Bastardo quatro pipas
1n 2021 2184 bottles of Barbeito Bastardo Quatro Pipas were produced. This wine was served at the Galaxia restaurant to accompany dessert. It was a stupendous wine.
Bastardo has a rich history as a wine but has been produced in very small quantities for many years, some years under 100 litres were produced and in other years absolutely none was produced.
This wine is from Barbeito in Camera de Lobos and you can read about the winemaker himself.