Why is Madeira wine so strong?

Madeira is a robust and long-lasting wine with a high alcohol content, since it's made with a distilled grape spirit, being around 17-20% alcohol content. It's made in different styles, from dry, used as an aperitif, to sweet, used as a digestif, depending on the amount of sugar it has (anywhere from 0-150 g/liter).



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Madeira is a robust and long-lasting wine with a high alcohol content, since it's made with a distilled grape spirit, being around 17-20% alcohol content. It's made in different styles, from dry, used as an aperitif, to sweet, used as a digestif, depending on the amount of sugar it has (anywhere from 0-150 g/liter).

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This scarcity, along with the rich flavor profiles, has catapulted the prices of some Madeira bottles. You'll have to shell out around $10,900 for the 1842 vintage of H.M Borges Terrantez 'T' Vintage - one of the most expensive fortified wines in the world.

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A bottle of Madeira wine in a traditional wicker cask. Exposure to extreme temperature and oxygen accounts for Madeira's stability; an opened bottle will survive unharmed indefinitely.

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Poncha is the most well-known alcoholic drink on the island, made with sugar cane brandy, sugar and lemon juice. But, in addition to the traditional version, there are other versions that are worth trying.

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If you don't already know, Funchal is the capital city of a magical Portuguese island archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic known as Madeira.

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