{"product_id":"rwc-historic-series-declaration-of-independence","title":"RWC, Historic Series 'Declaration of Independence'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreated for us by Barbeito’s brilliant winemaker, Ricardo Freitas, the Declaration of Independence Madeira is based on years of historical research by RWC’s founder Mannie Berk and fellow Madeira historian, Aaron Nix-Gomez.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt captures a style of Madeira favored in 1776 America: refined, elegant, a pale copper color, with its very modest sweetness balanced by bracing acidity, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeaturing an aromatic complexity that, in the 18th century, would have been imparted by a long ocean voyage in barrel\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo create this richly evocative Madeira, Ricardo blended five old Madeiras from his priceless collection of barrels and demijohns.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBalancing power with bracing salinity, 15% of the blend was a magnificent 80-year-old Tinta Negra, while 8% was a 1991 Vintage Sercial. The vines that produced the Sercial are so close to the sea on the island’s north coast, the grapes are often bathed in sea spray during the growing season.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a measure of Ricardo’s blending mastery that the five components represent five different grape varieties—Bual, Verdelho, Bastardo, Tinta Negra and Sercial—all seamlessly integrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vineyard Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49972588511509,"sku":null,"price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/0711\/2213\/files\/B4B5B95D-BE3E-4E8C-98EF-DA456D9BBA3B.jpg?v=1781297294","url":"https:\/\/www.dunnandsonswine.com\/products\/rwc-historic-series-declaration-of-independence","provider":"Dunn \u0026 Sons Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}