18TH & 19TH CENTURY MADEIRA
Verdelho, Solera--Vintage 1748
Details
Verdelho, Solera--Vintage 1748
Justino Henriches.
Level: into neck. Stained label and chipped wax capsule. Slip label reads: The oldest Solera in existence anywhere in the world. A 22o year slumber was interrupted when this cask was bottled. From the private collection of Joro Alfredo Faria, an important landowner in Funchal." "In the decanter, the wine had a ruddy color, in the glass pure amber; singed old bouquet that evolved in the glass, richly, like old stables, touch of malt; still some sweetness but thinning, burnt coffee taste and typically high acidity. My wife guessed the century, I got the grape!!" GVWB
1 bottle per lot
Justino Henriches.
Level: into neck. Stained label and chipped wax capsule. Slip label reads: The oldest Solera in existence anywhere in the world. A 22o year slumber was interrupted when this cask was bottled. From the private collection of Joro Alfredo Faria, an important landowner in Funchal." "In the decanter, the wine had a ruddy color, in the glass pure amber; singed old bouquet that evolved in the glass, richly, like old stables, touch of malt; still some sweetness but thinning, burnt coffee taste and typically high acidity. My wife guessed the century, I got the grape!!" GVWB
1 bottle per lot