1971 D'Oliveiras Madeira Sercial

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88 points

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  11/12/2022 - IWFS Arkansas Likes this wine:

  Back in Time with IW&FS Arkansas: Poured as a grateful tribute to the year the Drennen-Scott House Historic Site was added to the National Historic Register. Double-decanted the day before and poured into copita-like tasting glasses about 1/2 hour before consumption. Smelled much sweeter than the taste. The wine was in excellent shape and everyone relished this opportunity.

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  11/12/2022 - Trickyone Likes this wine:

  When you find a unicorn, the real problem becomes: When do you drink it?
  Luck provided this bottle a dual purpose on its consumption. Our branch of Arkansas International Wine & Food Society staged a wonderful event at a historic home in Van Buren, AR. Link if you're curious:
  
  https://www.iwfs.org/americas/arkansas/event?event_id=4815
  
  The home happened to have been added to The National Register of Historic Places in--guess when?--1971!
  What better way to get dinner going than by using this 1971 to toast our hosts and the home which is under their conservation efforts?
  I arrived before the guests and poured everyone's portion into copita-like glasses. The bottle had been double-decanted the day before and of course I'd sampled the droplets left behind. Great potential.
  By the next day it had blossomed to the point that when the guests entered the front door, the aroma from the filled glasses welcomed them from probably 30 feet away--in another room. The Madeira "tang" didn't overwhelm the candied flavors of the wine, which smelled far sweeter than it tasted. Being on the low side of off-dry, it turned out to be a spectacular palate cleanser for the meal that followed; we had already been welcomed with bubbles 'n' bites at another location on the home's campus.
  Some in our group sipped so slowly--including me--that they went back to it again and again during dinner and it continued to provide nothing but pleasure.
  In short, this Unicorn did not die in vain. This was the first of two D'Oliveiras bottlings of old wine in my racks, so my next problem becomes: When do I open that 1907 Malvazia?

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  10/31/2015 - AudunG wrote: 88 Points

  Fruity and concentrated aromas. Appears semi sweet in the mouth. The flavors lacked some structure and were not as impressive as the aromas.

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