1933 Justino's Madeira Malmsey

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  2/19/2024 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Bottled in the 80s and still plenty fresh. A vg Malmsey with deftly balanced sweetness, good drive and depth and a long, caressing finish. Fine indeed. Sadly, I did not get to try and day two or three - I think it was certain to have developed/improved even more. Beautiful effort that will live for many more years. highly recommended
  
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  7/16/2023 - Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Certainly an interesting wine. Sweetness and tannins mostly resolved. Like a boozy Christmas cake. Long finish.
  
  WSET notes:
  
  Medium brown.
  
  Pronounced on the nose with prune, currant, beeswax, caramel, earth, wet leaves, walnut. Fully developed.
  
  Pronounced on and medium dry on the palate. Medium plus body, high alcohol, medium mostly resolved tannins, long finish.
  
  Can drink now but has potential for aging!

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  6/7/2023 - SouthernStateofMind wrote:

  Mom & Dad’s birth year! Concerned initially on receipt as hard wax was partially crumbled, IVM seal slightly torn and signs of slight leakage. Forged ahead nonetheless and all was well in the end. Initially cloudy on decanting. This dissipated after a couple days revealing a rich dark mahogany color. Offers lovely aromas of sultana, fig, caramel, brown sugar, walnuts, and orange peel. Ethereal presence on the palate similar to light pancake syrup that is juxtaposed with well measured acidity. Winds effortlessly along to an incredibly long salty finish. Six days in and this just keeps getting better! Gorgeous Malmsey.

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  11/5/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points

  A private lunch with friends (at home): Second bottle from a full case purchased at auction in 2020. Stopper cork under a hard wax capsule. IVM seal. Decanted. Amber golden colour with green reflections. Immediately after opening the wine was very salty and quite tough, but it opened up pretty quickly to a very rewarding experience, and it continue to develop in the decanter on the second day. Wonderfully expressive Malmsey, sweet and honeyed and nutty, vanilla and orange marmalade, deep and rich but elegant and playful, tangy acidity is well integrated, sweet and complete finish with a nice salty kick, excellent length. A very fine Ma;lmsey.

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  9/16/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Same bottle as before. This had a lot of VA when this glass was first poured but it seems to have burned off. Nutty and rancio with some brown sugar notes and spicy. Palate shows the rancio and nuttiness as well and then a beautiful crisp sweetness drives into the finish. Not quite caramel with maybe hints of orange peel. Very spicy. Long nutty and sweet finish. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16.5-17/20.

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