What Madeira(s) Have You Purchased Recently?

[Jim S.]

I purchased these from a Chistie's auction at the end of December. I received them about 6 weeks ago:
2 bottles- Henrique Goncalves Borges, Malvasia Reserva Especial 1880, bottled from demi-john in 2023 by Francisco Albuquerque.
1 bottle- Araujo Barros, Sercial 1891, bottled in 1949, rebottled in 1973, 1998 & 2024 by the family.
3 bottles- Araujo Barros, Verdelho 1895, bottled in 1949, rebottled in 1973, 1998 & 2024 by the family.

[Al B.]

Taking the tone down a long way from the last few posts, I’ve just bought a six-pack of 50cl bottles of Blandy’s Medium-Sweet 5YO - that’s the 50:50 blend of Bual and Malvasia.

Fabulous cellar defenders. Very easy to drink.

I’m running out of Blandy 2004 Malvasia colheita bottles so I needed something!

[Andreas Platt]

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[Al B.]

Believe it or not, I’ve just bought a six-pack of Blandy’s 5YO Doce. Very easy to drink but cheap enough not to feel guilty if it gets used in cooking.

[Jim S.]

H & H Malvasia Reserva

[Mark L]

@Jim,

Is this one of the H&H Heavenly Quartet bottles? (I suppose we have realized perhaps there are actually more than 4 of these great bottlings (a quintet or sextet?) but colloquially, I think you know what I mean)

Excited for you! Those are all wonderful treats....

Cheers,
Mark

[Jim S.]

Hi Mark,
It is supposed to be one of the Heavenlies. I paid $825 for it, including tax and shipping. It seemed like a very reasonable price of admission.

[Eric Ifune]

$825 is really cheap! Last time I was at the tasting room/shop it was over 2400 euros.

The heavenly quartet are the Grand Old Bual, WS Bual, Malvasia Reserva, and Sercial Reserva. These were the ones that had the most volume, so commerical recognition. There's also a superb Verdelho Reserva and Terrantez Reserva. There is a BS Malvasia, but I've never tasted it.

[Andreas Platt]

for those interested...

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