Yep, 1869

[Chris Poulos]

Hello everyone,

Chris Poulos here. I am on a mission for a client. I'm tying to find a bottle of Madeira from 1869, of all years. Do any of you know of any collectors who may have something like this in their stash, either in the US or Europe?

Thanks for any help or insight you can offer.

cheers,

Chris

[David Spriggs]

1869.... that's tough. I don't know of any 1869 Madeiras that currently exist.

[Andreas Platt]

Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy

[Phil W]

Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy

It looks like he only posted his request yesterday, perhaps he doesn't check his mail or the forum quite as often as the rest of us geeks

[David Spriggs]

Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy

Oh Yes! You are correct! Our Madeira Wine Guide shows four of them.
https://www.fortheloveofport.com/madeir ... tage-list/

What I probably should have said was that I don't see any 1869 Madeira for sale in Wine Searcher.

[Eric Ifune]

I've tasted a 1869 Lomelino Bual and a 1869 Blandys Secial. The Lomelino was good. The Blandys was not good at all; Paul Day thought it was faked.

[Andreas Platt]

Regarding Blandy Sercial 1869, see here http://www.richardmayson.com/madeira-wi ... al-sercial

I want to add that I have a Blandy Boal 1869, though.

[Eric Ifune]

Yes, that was the tasting I was at. Someone went to the effort to try to fake this particular bottle. Obvious modern tee cork with a recent selo covered by a Blandy's capsule.

[David Spriggs]

I was at that tasting too! I was sure it was fake.

[Jim S.]

I have a bottle of 1869 Avery's Boal. It was brought into the US by Wine Imports LTD for Esquin Imports (according to the label).

[Chris Poulos]

Hey Andy,

Thanks for speaking up - I've sent you two emails in fact, but they must be trapped in your spam folder or the system is not forwarding them properly - feel free to call me at 707-339-5825 or email me at [email protected]. My interest is sincere and I'd love to chat!

cheers,

Chris