For The Love Of Port

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.

I have 6 bottles of 1920 Blandy's Bual that I'm selling them for $1000 each, or $900 a piece if you buy 2 or more bottles. You can either pick them up at my apartment building in Manhattan or I can deliver to you anywhere in NYC. If you want 3 or more bottles, I am happy to bring them to you in West...

I've always enjoyed Madeira with some bottle age. More recent bottlings show more richness and power (which I can appreciate); older bottlings show a delicacy, with thought provoking filigree. On 5/29/17, I wrote the following PM to a fellow member: "Being curious, I thought about opening a fre...

If you're making a stop in NY, I'm happy to share some glasses of Madeira.

Hi Andy, Thanks so much for seeing this through to the end, and getting the real, if unromantic, answer. I was getting sort of antsy, so I opened the bottle, as well as a bottle of 1920 Cossart Malmsey. I brought them to a small wine-dinner, to have with some simple baked desserts. I served the subl...

For my pandemic remote wine group-
D'Oliveiras Verdelho 1973, 1966, 1932, 1912, 1905, 1890, and 1850.
Unanimous winner- 1850

I finally got around to contacting Mannie Berk about these 1875 D'Oliveiras Moscatel Graudo bottles, and this was the emailed response: "I have a couple bottles, but since I haven't visited the island in two years, I haven't had the chance to ask what the story is. But I know it's a different w...

I guess that puts us back at square one, not knowing whether there is any difference between 1875 Graudo labeled and not-Graudo labeled 1875 Moscatel from D'Oliveiras (aside from when they were bottled).
I'll contact Mannie Berk, and let you know the inside scoop.

These came in those thin, cardboard gift-boxes. On top of the box, it says "Reserva Frasqueira".

Hi Andreas,

These bottles have a bottling year of 2014.
I’ll take pics and make an attempt to upload the photos, but I’m not sure I can manage it.

Soon,
Jim

I have some bottles labeled 1875 D'Oliveiras Moscatel and some labeled 1875 D'Oliveiras Moscatel Graudo.
Are these different varietals? Any insights or other thoughts?

Here's another update- I got an email response from Edwin Vos, the International Head of Wine for Christie's. The following is an exact quote from his personal email to me: "I do recognize this bottle. Think Chris send it to me. I have refused it for sale as it lacked info and just wasn’t the k...

Personally, I believe these are not fakes, but I can’t be sure what they are. I don’t think they would have been gifts. When I was in Madeira, I heard many tales of grower Madeira being given as payment, and it could be that’s how it got into this woman’s family. Ultimately, it’s about what’s in the...

Another update- I sent Mannie Berk a photo of the 1800 Terrantez magnum. He was very skeptical about the bottles being offered.