NV RWC Historic Series, Charleston Sercial Special Reserve Madeira 750ml

The driest wine in the series, Charleston Sercial celebrates the refined, delicate Madeiras so prized by our forefathers. Like all classic Sercials, this bottling is crisp and racy, its very slight sweetness balanced by an exhilarating, mouthwatering tang of acidity. Sercial excels as an aperitif with nuts or olives, with soups, and with a host of mature, hard cheeses.

Since 2002, The Rare Wine Co. Historic Series Madeiras have been made for us by Barbeito’s Ricardo Freitas. Ricardo’s famous skills as a blender, and his extensive library of cask-aged Madeiras, are the keys to the wines’ “vintage character” style.

The core wines are named after eastern seaports that were once among the world’s centers of Madeira appreciation. Each wine in the series evokes a style of Madeira popular in that city 150 to 200 years ago.

Beginning in 2007, the Historic Series was expanded to honor great Americans and institutions with a strong connection to Madeira. Among the honorees have been George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the City of New Orleans, Benjamin Franklin and Philadelphia’s Library Company, the nation’s earliest lending library.