1898 Henriques & Henriques Madeira Sercial Solera

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 95 points

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  5/12/2021 - Seth Rosenberg wrote:

  Almost at the end of the decanter (same bottle as August last year). I’ve gone back and forth on this wine. Sometimes it seemed dull while other times it seemed racy and complex. Now at the end this is excellent. I think evaporation has concentrated this just a bit and I find a nice caramel sweetness along with some fig and salty nuts and spices. Just a bit left so I’ll try to take a full note as I finish it.

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  8/19/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I popped this last weekend - so 3-4 days ago and it is opening nicely. Nose of nuts, saline, cherries and rancio and some caramel. It's perfumed and potent and fine grained. The palate is grippy but also very smooth with notes of caramel, salty nuts, a bit of orange or lemon. I had this with a lentil-carrot soup my wife made that had some Cayenne in it and the spice really went well with and lit up the wine. Excellent acid and nice depth. This has a little more sweetness than most Sericals and that works for me. Solid nutty and caramel finish. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17-17.5/20.

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  2/18/2017 - doctornoah Likes this wine: 96 Points

  My 40th Birthday Weekend; 2/17/2017-2/20/2017: Caramel, hazlenut, dried orange peel, a little old dust and a lot of history. Very light sweetness and pleasant but not face-slapping acidity. This was wonderful. Hard to compare against the 1968 Boal - such different styles.

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