H&H Boal 10 Yr Madeira

H&H Boal 10 Year Madeira is a fortified wine at 20% ABV in a 750mL bottle — 100% Boal in the medium-sweet meio doce style, aged a minimum of ten years in lodge canteiro at Henriques & Henriques in Câmara de Lobos — available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

• ABV: 20% vol
• Size: 750mL
• Grapes: 100% Boal
• Sweetness: medium-sweet (meio doce — R.S. ~90 g/L)
• Aging: minimum 10 years entirely in lodge canteiro; age statement = youngest wine in the blend
• Origin: Henriques & Henriques — Câmara de Lobos, Madeira DOC, Portugal (est. 1850)

The Rare Grape's Benchmark

Boal is one of Madeira's scarcest noble grapes — roughly 15.5 hectares on the whole island — and it behaves like nothing else in cask: darker than the other classics in youth, taking on Verdelho-like depth with age. H&H's 10 Year is 100% Boal, aged entirely in the lodge's warm canteiro lofts for more than ten years. The importer's notes are unabashed: fig marmalade, salted caramel, baking spices, and Havana-wreathed smoke — "sweet, gypsy richness, reverberative depths," concentrated, lush, and galvanizing. This is the bottle for the drinker who finds Verdelho too lean and Malvasia too sweet. Explore the Henriques & Henriques cellar, or compare the Malvasia 10 Year for the next step up in richness.

Tasting Notes

Fig marmalade, salted caramel, and baking spices over Havana smoke and roasted nuts. Medium-sweet and concentrated — lush and deep, with the acidity to keep it moving.

How to Enjoy

Serve at cellar temperature, lightly chilled (59–64°F), in 2–3 oz pours: the after-dinner sweet spot. Pairs with aged cheeses, pecan pie, caramel desserts, and roasted nuts — or alongside a cigar. Keeps indefinitely once opened.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Boal?
One of Madeira's four classic noble grapes — medium-sweet, dark in youth, and extremely rare (about 15.5 hectares on the island).

Is it sweeter than Verdelho?
Yes — Boal is medium-sweet, sitting between Verdelho (medium-dry) and Malvasia (sweet) on the island's sweetness ladder.

Why is Boal Madeira hard to find?
The grape is one of the rarest on Madeira, so benchmark 100% Boal bottlings like this are scarce by nature.

How long does it keep after opening?
Effectively indefinitely — like all Madeira.

For the island's rarest classic: order H&H Boal 10 Yr Madeira online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.