1969 D'Oliveiras Madeira Sercial Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92 points

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  10/2/2020 - Sleepy Dave wrote:

  Very complex, garam masala, brown sugar, ripe guava, flower, very lovely and lovely with all sorts of warm spices, incredible. Great acidity, gentle sweetness, excellent inner mouth perfume and great elegance. Complex savouriness, delineated, powerful and light at the same time. Good length.

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  12/25/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Wines for Christmas Goose (San Francisco): Amber. Off dry, nutty, long, and salty. Excellent bottle.

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  9/24/2016 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Finally finished this three months after I popped this. It is unbelievable how Madeira comes together after a few months. I would say it actually improves with time open. The acid is tamed weeks later and its sweetness is popping. A very nutty madeira. This is the second time this bottle and I'd love to have it again.

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  11/19/2015 - salil wrote: 92 Points

  Last pour from a bottle that I'd been slowly following over a couple of months. This has really changed from the first few sips I had, when it was all screechy acid. Now the acidity's much better integrated into the wine, and there's a remarkable array of savoury flavours here - tobacco, leather, and roasted nuts, augmented by sweeter molasses and dried fruit notes. Incredibly complex and long. I definitely need to buy more Madeira.

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  10/3/2015 - mdefreitas wrote: 91 Points

  Iberian Wine Dinner (Milford, CT): A Sercial for those who really love Sercial. A sharp, lean, high-toned, wine with nut skins, lemons and a touch of varnish. Medium length with a tangy finish of granny smith apples in toffee. I enjoyed this, but the enamel-stripping acidity may not be for everyone.

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