TN: NV Blandy's 10 Year Old Malmsey Madeira

[Todd Pettinger]

This is from an offline I had while in Boston in April. For the full story see this post.
Blandy's 10 Year Old Malmsey Madeira [NV]
Not the greatest of TNs because I can't read all my writing. What I can interpret looks like the following:

Dark brown colour, rich-looking. On the palate there are touches of honey, clover with a very scant trace of coffee/espresso.
Oxidized and with a bit of biting acidity. A nice follow-through and an ending that lasts a decent amount of time on the palate.

My forte is definitely not Madeira and this would have represented only the 2nd time I had tried a Madeira, and the first where there was an indicated age on the bottle.

[Roy Hersh]

I thought that your other bottle was the Broadbent 10 year old Malmsey if I am not mistaken, also with an "age designation." Don't give up on Madeira yet. As I mentioned, I have worked with H.M. Borges and an Edmonton based importer, so there should be some new options in your area very soon. I hope to celebrate this success while I am up there in Nov. This is not deVines as you might expect but another very well respected shop. I believe there will be about six SKUs in total and most will be moderately priced offerings.

[Todd Pettinger]

I thought that your other bottle was the Broadbent 10 year old Malmsey if I am not mistaken, also with an "age designation." Don't give up on Madeira yet.

ha ha... busted.
I actually coped this TN literally from when it was taken (back in April/May). The Broadbent was actually consumed AFTER this TN was taken...

But at least we know you're paying attention!!! Good catch!

I look forward to seeing some more Madeira around these parts, specifically anything really 'old' if it can be had for the decent prices I see in the US.