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• hsacks Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 14, 2023 - Light tawny color. Complex aromas of quince, butterscotch, dates and walnuts. Medium bodied high acid medium sweet fruit in the mouth with great depth and length. Complex and intense on the palate. Opened this evening and should continue to improve over the next year or two.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 95 points

  May 23, 2017 - This old codger easily showed off its Christmas spice, orange, clove, dark cocoa, butterscotch and cherry liqueur profile. On the palate, the wine is bright, piquant, long and tangy, with its high acidity almost kept in check with its equally high level of acidity. It's always a thrill to drink bottled history.

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• mdefreitas wrote: 97 points

  October 12, 2015 - The Rare Wine Company and Vinhos Barbeito Madeira Tasting (celebrating a 20 year partnership): This had been in demijohn since the 1960s and bottled 3 months ago; sourced from Ribeiro Real, a relatively large vineyard by Madeira standards. It seems as if I've been sampling an unusually large number of wines from Ribeiro Real of late and they have all been quite excellent, but this is perhaps the best yet. This is one for acid lovers; you can almost feel the acidity on the nose, as strange as that seems. This is my style of Bual: rich, layered, pungent and intense, yet no heaviness whatsoever due to a truckload of lip-pursing acidity. The finish lingers for what seems like forever, with stinging acidity. Did I mention the acids? I almost wonder if there is too much acidity here (nah!). Bottled only 3 months ago, I suspect this will settle down and only become more harmonious with time. Loads of potential here.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1891
• Type White - Fortified
• Producer Barbeito
• Varietal Boal
• Designation "RR" - Ribeiro Real
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Madeira
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Madeira

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• In Cellars 39 (70%)
• Consumed 17 (30%)

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