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Community Tasting Notes 17
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Peech Likes this wine: 96 points
October 12, 2021 - lots of nuts, medjool dates, plum, and honeydew melon. Needed time to open up.
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humagne wrote: 98 points
July 2, 2018 - Almost perfect. Sweet but well balanced by stunning acidity. The nose is extremely complex and rich.
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Zweder wrote:
October 17, 2016 - Weekly tasting group RWP: Really Special Wines (@ DJ): This is really special of course! For the age, but also in the impressive bouquet and taste. Oxidized and nutty bouquet with raisins, mandarin, apple syrup, nuts, intense sweetness, and also good acidity. I don't score this. Thank you DJ for sharing!
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mdefreitas wrote: 93 points
October 12, 2015 - The Rare Wine Company and Vinhos Barbeito Madeira Tasting (celebrating a 20 year partnership): I wine I know well, as it was one of the first serious Madeiras I purchased back when I first started collecting wines. I haven't had this for some time and forgot what a black hole of sugar this was. Dark like cola and stuffed with caramel, toffee, fruitcake, fudge and coffee. This was tremendously sweet with a hint of volatile acidity; the structure is just barely harnessing the sweetness here. This really sticks out in the Barbeito portfolio with its unusually aggressive sweetness. Certainly a polarizing wine, as some would surely find it too much of a good thing - but if you have a sweet tooth, this is for you. While I did enjoy it and can see this as a wine I would serve with dessert rather than by itself, I'm not sure I can drink more than a glass of this concentrated elixir. I can only imagine what could have been if it spent less time in cask.
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CO_Roots13 wrote: 100 points
December 14, 2014 - I can't find words that do this justice. I don't have much experience with incredible dessert wines that have been aged for 100 years in original cask. Right or wrong, this is the standard that all other dessert wines will be judged for me until I have something better (which I doubt will ever happen). Perfect balance of sweetness, acidity, texture and...well, everything I can think of. Caramel, orange zest, apple pie, rosemary brown butter, vanilla, coffee...um...none of this makes sense. Words can't describe the depth and complexity of flavors.
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By Richard Jennings
6/12/2008 (link) 94 points(Barbeito Madeira Malvazia) Dark brown color with yellow lights; gingerbread and fruitcake nose; good tart molasses and coffee palate with high acidity; long finish
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By Richard Jennings
1/7/2007 (link) 94 points(Barbeito Madeira Malvazia) Cloudy, medium muddy brown color; nose of brown sugar with tomato notes; rich, sweet, brown sugar palate with lime acid and notes of tomato paste, barbecue sauce and sundried tomatoes; very long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1900
- Type White - Fortified
- Producer Barbeito
- Varietal Malvazia
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Portugal
- Region Madeira
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Madeira
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
- In Cellars 58 (68%)
- Consumed 26 (31%)
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