RARE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MADEIRA
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Bual--Vintage 1792
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Bual--Vintage 1792
Blandy. Bottled in 1825. Original wax seal, slightly worn. Label faded and worn, vintage illegible
1792 was an excellent vintage but what makes this particular wine of great historic interest is that it is from a pipe taken by Napoléon to his final exile in Saint-Helena. It was on 7th August 1815 that H.M.S. Northumberland anchored off Funchal to take on the H.M. Consul, Henry Veitch, who persuaded the deposed Emperor to take a "pipe" of the best Madeira.
Napoléon sufferered from a gastric complaint and was not allowed to drink the wine. When he died in 1820 the pipe was unbroached. Mr Veitch had paid the supplier in Madeira but had not been repaid although Napoléon had thanked him by giving him some Louis d'Or. The Consul claimed the wine, which was shipped back in 1822 and sold to Charles Blandy. Some it is believed, was used as the basis for Blandys famous 1792 Solera but some was bottled by Charles's son John Blandy
1 bottle per lot
Blandy. Bottled in 1825. Original wax seal, slightly worn. Label faded and worn, vintage illegible
1792 was an excellent vintage but what makes this particular wine of great historic interest is that it is from a pipe taken by Napoléon to his final exile in Saint-Helena. It was on 7th August 1815 that H.M.S. Northumberland anchored off Funchal to take on the H.M. Consul, Henry Veitch, who persuaded the deposed Emperor to take a "pipe" of the best Madeira.
Napoléon sufferered from a gastric complaint and was not allowed to drink the wine. When he died in 1820 the pipe was unbroached. Mr Veitch had paid the supplier in Madeira but had not been repaid although Napoléon had thanked him by giving him some Louis d'Or. The Consul claimed the wine, which was shipped back in 1822 and sold to Charles Blandy. Some it is believed, was used as the basis for Blandys famous 1792 Solera but some was bottled by Charles's son John Blandy
1 bottle per lot
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