Unknown Madeira

[jdaw1]

Emergency Drinking, The Crusting Pipe, Friday 19 August 2011. Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Unknown Madeira;
• 1945 Graham;
• 1963 Royal Oporto colheita, bottled 1983;
• 1966 Cockburn;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1980 Borges & Irmão;
• 1980 Graham;
• 1980 Warre;
• 1985 Dalva colheita bottled 2010;
• 1986 Taylor Terra Feita;
• NV The Port Society Finest Reserve Lote 08;
• Placemats.

[benread]

Unknown still. Probably madeira!

[Alex Bridgeman]

Unknown still. Probably madeira!

Honestly, nobody seems to believe me. It was Madeira. Absolutely. Without doubt. Madeira.

[Alex Bridgeman]

An unlabelled bottle, sealed with an unbranded cork. The contents were a pale golden colour, 10% opaque, but with a strong bouillion and seaweed nose. Sweet in the mouth - perhaps a boal. Modest mouthfeel and palate, strongly acidic but balanced by the sweetness. Modest on the aftertaste but a big finish. Perhaps suffering from a short decant time for a bottle that appears to have been from the '50s. 82/100.