NV V. Sattui Winery Madeira

Community Tasting Notes (45) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  8/2/2023 - J+B_Wines Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nice oxidized nut profile, nice punch of sweetness.

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  12/11/2020 - Rmsticha Likes this wine:

  One of our favorites!

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  4/5/2020 - phils_hobby wrote: 91 Points

  nice Madeira, rich, but not overpowering and has solid dark fruit flavors.

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  7/15/2017 - pgwerner Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Was in the area and specifically went by Sattui winery to try this - I was curious, being an aficionado of Madeira wines. Like California "Port", this is yet another case of California wineries hijacking a regional name for a wine ostensibly done in the same style, but what can you do?
  
  Anyway, even given the above, "Madeira" isn't the right designation - it's really much more like a 20-year old Tawny Port, albeit, based on Zinfandel rather than the traditional blend of port varietals.
  
  Now to the actual tasting - not bad at all, and would hold up well against other 20-year old ports.
  
  But that said, at $59 per bottle (as of this writing), there are probably many Portuguese tawny ports in that league that would be less expensive and would be better in terms of price-for-quality, something that's typically the case for Portuguese vs California port style wines, I'm afraid.

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  11/5/2016 - jdrach Likes this wine:

  Nutty. Hazelnut. More fruity than chocolatey

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