sercialn.
/ˈsəːsɪəl/ A kind of Madeira wine.
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Madeirac1595
malmsey madeira1723
London particular1807
sercial1818
Bual1882
verdelho1883
1818 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (ed. 2) 190.
1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines viii. 230 The sercial is said to be the product of the hock grape, transplanted to the island.
1873 St. Pauls Mag. June 637 A glass of his favourite old Sercial.
1882 E. M. Taylor Madeira 75 The principal varieties of wine-making grapes are the following: Malvasia, Bual, Sercial [etc.].
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