1994 D'Oliveiras Madeira Verdelho Frasqueira
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Tasted from a mini sample bottle. Tastes as dry as Sercial! Taut as a violin string. Citrus soaked in clove and thyme liqueur, a touch of sweet anise, of cough medicine. Bitter oranges. A thumb smudge of caramel. Quite reticent – a wine that you taste at the back of your throat rather than on the tip of your tongue. But then it eases on the finish and fills with dried apples and lemon peel. An aperitif, or perhaps a wine to have with anchovies. (TC)
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The 1994 Verdelho, bottled in 2018, is worth seeking out. The well-defined nose features sandalwood, stem ginger and freshly baked flapjacks still warm from the oven. The palate is clean and fresh, a little tight at first but opening nicely with ginger and molasses toward the focused finish. This is a well-crafted and poised Verdelho that expresses the grape variety very competently. Excellent.
Bottled 2018. Light sienna brown. Savoury, umami more than fruit on the nose, a touch dusty. Tastes pretty dry in the mouth, has all the complexity of age but perhaps not the finesse. (JH)