TN: 1900 Barbeito Malvazia Vintage Madeira

[Marco D.]

[Madeira @ Triomphe (NYC)]: Very dark in color, the darkest in the entire tasting. Very masculine and forceful, knocking down everything in its path. Chock full of raisins, molasses, orange zest and walnuts. On the sweeter side of the Malvasia spectrum and perhaps a bit of a brute for those looking for more elegance. Overall, I preferred the 1834 Barbeito Malvasia, as it struck a nice middle ground between the elegance of the 1862 Blandy’s Malvasia and the power of this wine. VERY GOOD. (93)
1/20/2007

[Portuguese Dinner @ home (San Francisco)]: Decanted for three days, which removed quite a bit of muddy sediment. The removal of the sediment and the aeration seemed to have helped, as the wine was much more expressive than the last time I sampled it. Very big aromas of caramel and orange peel, with molasses and a razor sharp acidic tang. Gloriously long and rich. (95)
5/10/2003

[Dinner w/ Joao Roseira of Quinta do Infantado (NYC)]: Not decanted... popped and poured. Typical tawny colors with a hint of green on the edge. Nice, but a bit disjointed on the palate. Sweet and perhaps a bit flabby? Caramel and coffee but dull on the palate. I would guess that this needs a lot of air to perhaps show better. (87)
3/2/2000