1942 Barbeito Madeira Malvazia Quinta Mae Dos Homens

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 95 points

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  1/11/2020 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  I am not used to Malvazia, usually had Verdelho or Boal. This has a near searing intensity to it, a great and surprising freshness. Not overly sweet at all -- really quite different. Scents of Irish coffee, plum(!), light caramel, a weird floral intensity to it. Certainly wow'ed the crowd who would have rated it higher than I have.
  A day later, and this impresses me more -- maybe just fewer distractions. An exceptionally complex taste, not just the coffee caramel notes, but a smell of spearmint and again plums/strawberry? to give this a wholly unexpected sets of dimensions. Fierce on the attack, plenty of very vibrant acidity. Wow.
  Score: 94-98 -- wide range just because I really am not competent to give this a number given how I was not expecting this at all.
  Relative to expectations: ++

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