For The Love Of Port

I just opened and double-decanted a 1907 Blandy's Bual.
Even though I'm not planning to drink this until next Friday, it's already fantastic!
Walnuts, freshly polished bannisters, and sweet lime. Perfectly balanced, with really no apparent bottle stink- can this improve?

Earlier this week, I opened and decanted a bottle of 1907 D'Oliveiras Malvazia Reserva, with a neck tag that states aged in cask over 90 years (no bottling year listed on the back label). Planning to drink some tonight with desserts from Lysee.

I purchased these from a Chistie's auction at the end of December. I received them about 6 weeks ago: 2 bottles- Henrique Goncalves Borges, Malvasia Reserva Especial 1880, bottled from demi-john in 2023 by Francisco Albuquerque. 1 bottle- Araujo Barros, Sercial 1891, bottled in 1949, rebottled in 19...

I retasted the 1988, 1977, and 1971. I now agree with the tasting group members. The 1971 showed miserably, and must be a defective bottle- it had distinct notes of Pinesol, especially on the nose, and the finish was extremely short and bitter. The 1988 was lighter than the others, but had put on a ...

Jim S. wrote: 1988 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2012) 1977 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2014) 1971 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2013) I like all 3 and had them all in November and again in December of 2024: A quick question for you, which was your favorite and why? I looked back at my notes- of the...

If the wax capsule were in better condition, I think it would be worth over $1,000 US. With the shoddy wax capsule, I think you could get ~$800. You could try selling it on this website or on eBay. I’m sure other people on this website will have additional thoughts.

I opened and double-decanted the following group of Madeira about 2 weeks ago for my wine group. It meets tomorrow. 1988 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2012) 1977 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2014) 1971 D’Oliveiras Terrantez (btl'd 2013) 1969 Blandy’s Terrantez 1954 Henriques & Henriques Terrantez...

I'm guessing that you meant Franca Netto.

1905 D'Oliveiras Reserva Verdelho, probably bottled ~1990.

I recently purchased a 6-pack of 1954 H&H Boal and a 6-pack of 1957 H&H Boal from two different sources. The 1957's have a bottling year of 1992, but the 1954's have no indication of when they were bottled. Any ideas?

I didn't get any response here
So I contacted Mannie directly, and purchased 3 bottles of O Americano.

I didn’t see that offer. Did Mannie send it out?

1850 D'Oliveiras Verdelho Reserva old bottling opened for a friend's birthday gathering this coming Friday.

I thought that Bastardo was also a noble varietal in Madeira.

The 1934 H&H Verdelho was delicious. It didn't have the concentration of most of the others, but it had a purity that kept me coming back; it was one of the pours that I finished earliest in the evening. It was reminiscent of a lime lollypop...in the best possible way. All of the bottle were ope...

I opened the following for my wine group: IMG_0544.jpeg 1920 Abudarham Bual 1920 Blandy’s Bual 1934 MWA Verdelho 1934 H&H Verdelho (btl’d in France) 1954 Blandy’s Malmsey 1954 Barbeito Malvasia Reserva Velha (btl’d 2011) 1971 H&H Sercial (btl’d 2011) 1971 D’Oliveiras Sercial (btl’d 2012) Unk...

I know this is from 4 months ago, but nobody's posted anything here for almost 4 weeks. Doesn't anyone open bottles of Madeira anymore? I opened these one week before a Boal tasting that I put together for my monthly wine group (Third Tuesday of the Month Wine Group). The Barbeito was the extreme ou...

1907 D'Oliveiras Malvazia Reserva
Probably bottled ~2000.
Gorgeous!

1850 D’Oliveiras Verdelho Family Reserve
bottled in the 1960’s and recorked in 2012.

There’s no bottling date on the bottles, but they look like post-2000, and could be as recent as 2012. I’m happy to send a picture, if you think that would be helpful.