What Madeira Have You Opened This Week?

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For my pandemic remote wine group-
D'Oliveiras Verdelho 1973, 1966, 1932, 1912, 1905, 1890, and 1850.
Unanimous winner- 1850
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Borges 20 yo Verdelho.
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Borges 30 year old Malvasia.
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1902 Barbeito Verdelho "Pico Dos Barcelos" Bottled in October 2000. My top 20th century madeira wine.

1928 D'Oliveiras Sercial
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Just killed my last bottle of Blandy’s Malmsey 50yo blend. Love this bottling, so pissed they no longer produce it.
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The Rare Wine Company Manuela Barbeito Demijohns
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Eric Ifune wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:53 pm The Rare Wine Company Manuela Barbeito Demijohns
Oh! How was it, Eric?
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Fantastic! Wish I had more than one more bottle.
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Borges 15 year old Malmsey.
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RWC Porto Moniz Verdelho
Blandy's 15yo Malmsey
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Barbeito Malvasia 40 year old Mae Manuela for Christmas.
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Henriques & Henriques NV Moscatel Velhissimo

Very impressive; I can't help but smile after each sip 8--) Probably the best Moscatel I’ve tasted up to now.
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Henriques & Henriques NV Moscatel Velhissimo
Is this the same as the Reserva Moscatel?
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Eric Ifune wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:43 pm
Henriques & Henriques NV Moscatel Velhissimo
Is this the same as the Reserva Moscatel?
Yes, it is the same Eric. Label one side reads Moscatel Velhissimo. The other says Very Old Reserva Moscatel
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2005 Faja dos Padres Malvasia, cask sample bottled May 10th 2019.

Still have some left. Shared with Glenn, Lisa and Vic on New Years night. Very good, but needs much more wood aging. A bit light and a bit drier than I typically find Faja's Malvasia bottlings, even from cask. But this was really very solid given it easily could have been mistaken for a Boal.
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1853 Lomelino "Old Malmsey" Madeira Solera

The label says Tarquinio T., but Old Liquors in Miami says Pedro J. My bottle's label was in much rougher shape than the one shown at Old Liquors, but the contents were pretty fabulous. I saved about 40% of the bottle to drink slowly, a half an ounce at a time, over the next decade or so.
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Barbeito 2002 Bual Vinha da Torre Campanário
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Barbeito 1993 Faja dos Padres Malvasia Candida
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1934 Justino's Madeira Verdelho
1964 Justino's Madeira Boal
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1865 Torre Bella Sercial
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