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Olim, Malvasia 1870
Madeira
Bottled from cask in 2019. New wax capsules with 'GD' seal. New stencilled bottles. Levels: base of neck
Tasting note: April 2019. Strong high-toned nose with balsamic aromas, quite volatile. Rich concentrated fruits with banana leaf, old oak, dark honey-cake and furniture wax on the second nose. Clearly a long cask aged wine with deep intense flavors. Sweet dried apricot fruit on the attack, very rich even for a Malvasia. Lots of grip and concentration, still there is freshness and liveliness. So unique to taste a wine that has been aged in cask for about a century and still have this pure fruit flavors as well as a pleasure giving drinkability. On the finish you sense the extracts and some bitters that goes on and on, finally there is a dried apricot aroma with Indian spices that just keep on singing in your mouth. Remarkable balance and sweetness for a wine of this concentration. Must already have been a great wine to start with. A Malvasia powerhouse. Impressive. Given the rarity of Malvasia in this period all the more remarkable to find a wine of this amazing quality. More recently: Dark iodine color. Super concentration. Fantastic mouth feel. Impressive. The sweet rich explosion of taste. Great. In line with previous note. Last tasted January 2020. EV.
3 bottles per lot
Madeira
Bottled from cask in 2019. New wax capsules with 'GD' seal. New stencilled bottles. Levels: base of neck
Tasting note: April 2019. Strong high-toned nose with balsamic aromas, quite volatile. Rich concentrated fruits with banana leaf, old oak, dark honey-cake and furniture wax on the second nose. Clearly a long cask aged wine with deep intense flavors. Sweet dried apricot fruit on the attack, very rich even for a Malvasia. Lots of grip and concentration, still there is freshness and liveliness. So unique to taste a wine that has been aged in cask for about a century and still have this pure fruit flavors as well as a pleasure giving drinkability. On the finish you sense the extracts and some bitters that goes on and on, finally there is a dried apricot aroma with Indian spices that just keep on singing in your mouth. Remarkable balance and sweetness for a wine of this concentration. Must already have been a great wine to start with. A Malvasia powerhouse. Impressive. Given the rarity of Malvasia in this period all the more remarkable to find a wine of this amazing quality. More recently: Dark iodine color. Super concentration. Fantastic mouth feel. Impressive. The sweet rich explosion of taste. Great. In line with previous note. Last tasted January 2020. EV.
3 bottles per lot
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