6 bottles per lot
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Terrantez--1795
Madeira, Barbeito
Levels: bottom neck; Barbeito embossed lead capsules
"Almost certainly solera, not straight vintage. Provenance was the Vasconcellas family via the de Freitas, owners of Barbeito. Barbeito have a reputation for their stocks of rare madeiras but are diffident about putting them on the market. Several bottles of this 1795 have appeared at Christie's over the years and I have more than 6 notes. Most recently: palish amber; sweet, lovely, ethereal, crystallised violets bouquet; medium-sweet, concentrated yet not heavy, penetrating flavour, rapier-like acidity. Superb. Last noted at a Hollywood Wine Society tasting, March 1998 *****. MB, Vintage Wine
6 bottles per lot
Madeira, Barbeito
Levels: bottom neck; Barbeito embossed lead capsules
"Almost certainly solera, not straight vintage. Provenance was the Vasconcellas family via the de Freitas, owners of Barbeito. Barbeito have a reputation for their stocks of rare madeiras but are diffident about putting them on the market. Several bottles of this 1795 have appeared at Christie's over the years and I have more than 6 notes. Most recently: palish amber; sweet, lovely, ethereal, crystallised violets bouquet; medium-sweet, concentrated yet not heavy, penetrating flavour, rapier-like acidity. Superb. Last noted at a Hollywood Wine Society tasting, March 1998 *****. MB, Vintage Wine
6 bottles per lot