Twenty sweet 10YO Madeira blends: TNs @ the MadeiraWineGuide

Peter Reutter · Post by **Peter Reutter** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:03 pm

After a long but rewarding weekend it is my pleasure to present the TNs of 20 sweet and semi-sweet 10YO Madeira blends, intended for those nights when you just don't want to open that last bottle of 1795 T

http://www.madeirawineguide.com/03event ... weet_10yo/

Peter

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:40 pm

Peter,

Congratulations on a most comprehensive report. You are now the consumate expert on 10 year olds!

*123 · Post by *123 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:45 pm

Roy Hersh wrote:Peter,

Congratulations on a most comprehensive report. You are now the consumate expert on 10 year olds!

You know, for some reason that just doesn't sound right

"T"

Shawn Denkler · Post by **Shawn Denkler** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:34 pm

What a nice tasting and the tasting notes are great information for Madeira lovers. Because the 10 year old Madeiras seem to be a sweet spot for price to value ratio it is a nice idea for an offline tasting in America too.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm

Peter,

Excellant report. Now I gotta go find some of them to try....I do love that part .

Peter Reutter · Post by **Peter Reutter** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:41 am

Andy,
the best thing really was that there weren't any major dissapointments in this tasting. Only the Torreao wine was weaker than the others, but it is no longer produced anyway. Considering that most of these wines are priced at 20 to 40 € in Europe (most of them around 20 € on the island) I keep wondering why sales are still so low.
A couple of friends joined in the tasting and they were all new to Madeira but experienced wine-lovers nevertheless. They all had been drinking the occasional after-meal sweet fortified "something", but I got most of them converted. One of them even asked to take home the Borges Boal...
I plan on doing the same tasting with Verdelho and Sercial 10YO next winter, I just hope the results will be as pleasant

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:06 am

Peter,

Good to know there wasn't any major dissapointments. 10 year old's are fairly easy to find around my area and most are around the $35-45. I told myself that I wanted to try more Madeira this year. And after some old ones in Boston last month, that got me even more excited. I'll post TN's on those soon, but I've been super busy at work and some other things. Hopefully I'll have those up by next week sometime.

Thanks again

Reidar Andersen · Post by **Reidar Andersen** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:29 am

GREAT WORK, PETER !!

Eric Ifune · Post by **Eric Ifune** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:47 pm

Great notes!
By coincidence, I've just gotten a Cossart 10 yo Bual from a close out bin. Waiting to open and compare notes!
Thank you!

Gary Banker · Post by **Gary Banker** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:17 pm

I've never had a bad 10-year-old. The prices have gone up, but are still reasonable. The first that I ever had was the Cossart bual, a very good drink. I would like to see more of the H&H available.

I can't wait to see the next installment!

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Twenty sweet 10YO Madeira blends: TNs @ the MadeiraWineGuide

Twenty sweet 10YO Madeira blends: TNs @ the MadeiraWineGuide

10 year old Madeira tasting