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FULL RICH MADEIRA DOP |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
VEIGA |
This ISD was supposed to be released on February 4 but was difficult to find. It is now in 12 Flagship stores (10 in the Toronto region alone) and worthy of a detour, especially for Mother’s Day! Ambering medium brown colour. Intense, sweet, raisiny, honeyed, caramel-plum nose with some toffee-tinged brown sugar notes. Sweet, medium bodied, quite well structured, spicy, figgy, rich warm plum jam flavours with a lingering, fairly zesty, caramel-orange pekoe tea finish. Has 19% alcohol and 101 g/L residual sugar with lot number L2873 27102016 on the lower part of the glass bottle. Note that “3-YEAR-OLD” does not appear anywhere on the bottle. TONY ASPLER / 91-points / BEST BUY - A nose of dried figs with a herbal note; medium-bodied, dry, elegant, beautifully balanced, with flavours of dates, bitter chocolate and orange zest. Great length. One of 30 NEW items in Vintages. This steal is bottled by Madeira’s venerable Henriques & Henriques. |
CSPC |
477240 |
Type |
Fortified Wine - Madeira |
Agent |
Art Win |
Country |
Portugal |
Region |
Madeira |
Rating |
***(90 points) Intense, Sweet, Plummy-Raisin-Caramel |
LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! A Best Buy |
TASTING NOTE: Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago specializing in fortified wines that can last decades, if not centuries - so this 3-year-old is truly a youngster. It's nicely balanced with attractive notions of coffee and dates, and bright acidity. (VINTAGES panel, Feb. 2016) |
Price |
$ 18.95 |
Bottle Size |
750 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - April 29, 2017 |
Cases bought |
100 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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