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TN: 1863 Barbeito Bual Vintage Madeira
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 11:00 pm
by Andy Velebil
Bottled March 2010 and decanted 5 days. Color is a golden brown center with a green edge. Lots of wood varnish and V.A. on the nose. Loads of acidity, old wood on an expansive palate that is the intro to a very long lingering finish. While I enjoyed the 1880 Sercial better with the 11 year old Montecristo "A" this by itself was a fantastic bottle.
95 Points
Re: TN: 1863 Barbeito Bual Vintage Madeira
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:38 pm
by Roy Hersh
Excellent wine to say the least. Always one that impresses. However, it really would have been fine to decant this for 24 hours as it is a recent bottling and there's no need to worry about bottle stink, or other factors that would "require" a longer decant. However, no harm ... no foul.
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Re: TN: 1863 Barbeito Bual Vintage Madeira
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 7:49 pm
by Eric Ifune
So how was the Montecristo?
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Re: TN: 1863 Barbeito Bual Vintage Madeira
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:49 am
by Andy Velebil
Eric Ifune wrote:So how was the Montecristo?
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These can often be a hard draw due to their size, this wasn't as bad as newer ones I've had. Otherwise it had mellowed nicely and was a very good smoke.