TN: 1836 Lomelino Bastardo Vintage Madeira

[Marco D.]

Another wine with heavy, dark, “brown” flavors. Dense fruitcake and nut skin flavors. This “oldest Bastardo known to exist” did not disappoint. Although it showed great at the San Francisco tasting, I feel it performed slightly better here, showing a bit more amplitude and width. A pleasing “gritty” bitterness (like tea?) on the finish kept the wine fresh and clean. Lovely fruitcake and nut skin flavors reverberated on the finish. The best Madeira from this varietal I've tasted to date (not that I've had that many...). Fantastic! (95 points)

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