October 27, 2023 - Fruit of dark raisins and plum. Smoke, burned sugar, liquorish and intense nutty flavors. Nice acidity. Good balance, but mediocre aromatic intensity on the palate.
August 12, 2023 - Coffee, black chocolate, Williams and Rum, sweet notes of Champagne truffes, burned sugar and brown sugar. Some heat on the palate which was not a surprise (16% alc.), but in good balance with a long and intense finish. This was highly enjoyable and an amazing alternative to Ports.
May 22, 2023 - Indestructible. Notes of roasted apples with mace, cognac barrel, fruit cake, bitter orange oil, floor polish. Mellow and rich. Clears the sinuses! Decent finish.
May 10, 2023 - Good stuff, flavor, balance, nuttiness, declish.
January 23, 2023 - Some nights are made for luxuriating with old friends. There are few friends so delightful as a flight of Madeiras, opening with this 15yo Verdelho. It has an elegant nose of varnish, walnuts, dried peaches and apricot jam, with all this and some olive notes on the palate. Linear acidity keeps it fresh and well-balanced. The finish makes you lie back in contemplation. More people should pick up great Madeira like this.
January 1, 2023 - Intense on the nose and palate with notes of bruised apple, salted caramel, violin polish, almond frangiapane, dried pineapple, walnut, glacé apricots, dark chocolate. A tonne of acidity balanced with sweetness and warming alcohol. A rich and complex finish.
November 20, 2022 - Today's bottle has a touch more sweetness than I remember, but it's still well balanced by the acidity, making it an "off-dry" style of wine. Dark caramel color. The fruit and acidity allowed this to pair fabulously with Nantucket Bay scallops and prawns in a cream sauce.
June 26, 2021 - Pink grapefruit caramelised with brown sugar. Raisin. Rancio, plum, apple pie. It has a real crispness. Long, smoky, floral finish.
June 7, 2021 - Pleasant drinker; nothing outstanding
May 17, 2021 - Extremely pronounced aromas. Coffee, raisin, milk chocolate, meat, walnut.