Blandy’s Bual 1920, a Madeira wine produced by the Madeira Wine Company, got first place on the ranking of the 100 Best Portuguese Wines, compiled by the renowned monthly magazine “Blue Wine”.

This Madeira wine, at the ripe old age of 87 years, having been aged for more than 65 years in old and used American oak barrels in the São Francisco wine cellars in Funchal, got a score of 19 out of a possible 20, in the battery of tests conducted by this magazine.

The Blandy’s Bual 1920, now considered to be the Best Portuguese Wine by “Blue Wine” magazine, was selected out of three casks of 650 litres, and only 2,480 bottles having been produced in 2006, thus contributing towards the large number of Madeira Wines within the “Old and Very Old Wines” category made available on the market.

On the list of best wines prepared by this famous publication, there are other Madeira Wines, including “Cossart Gordon Bual Vintage 1958” with a classification of 18 points, “Blandy’s Terrantez 1975” and “Blandy’s Vintage Verdelho 1977”, both at 17.5 points, and “Blandy’s Malvasia 15 Years” with a classification of 16.5.