New blend from Barbeito coming

[Marco D.]

Ricardo Diogo Freitas (managing director and winemaker at Barbeito) will be releasing a new blend as a hommage to his mother. Last night I had a chance to try this wine, a 40 year old Malvasia and it was delicious. I loved his 30 year old blend (which was a hommage to his grandfather) and the quality here is similar, but with a slightly different palate. There are more bass notes, as opposed to the treble of the 30 year blend. This is darker, richer and deeper, with wines from the 1800s blended in. Not as filigree as the 30 year old, but superb balance. No idea what the pricing will be, but I will be on the lookout for it.

[Eric Ifune]

Marco,
Where did you get to taste it?
Rare Wine Co?
I like the label!

[Justin A]

Marco. I was there too. Sorry we didnt meet.

[Gary Banker]

Considering the price difference between the 20 year and the 30 year, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 40 year around $200. Whatever it is, considering how much I like the 30 year, I'll have to get some of the new blend.

[Barry Sunderland]

Given how much I've enjoyed the 30-year blend, this sounds like a must-buy.

[Andreas Platt]

Considering the price difference between the 20 year and the 30 year, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 40 year around $200. Whatever it is, considering how much I like the 30 year, I'll have to get some of the new blend.

1) price = EUR 140,- ex cellars
2) had the chance to taste this 2 months ago and thought that this to be a great blend. It is competitively priced (I wouldn't say cheap but not overly expensive either) so I'd guess this will be an option for quality seekers (although it is no Frasqueira).

I for one think that the paper label kind of decreases this great effort a little bit and that with stencelling this Madeira would also show the higher intrinsic value that it possesses.

[Gary Banker]

140 euros = $189.58 (according to www.xe.com). I'll certainly buy some when it becomes available. I think that these older blends have to some extent become a similar choice as the old soleras were.

[Andreas Platt]

And here a picture of the bottle without the label but a few other bottles around it.

This was a nice tasting and lineup, guys.

left bottles

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[Marco D.]

Marco,
Where did you get to taste it?
Rare Wine Co?
I like the label!

Yup. RWC dinner in NYC...

[Marco D.]

Marco. I was there too. Sorry we didnt meet.

Did you come up from Florida for this? That's dedication!

[Justin A]

Yes. Flew up for the night!