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Yep, 1869
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:43 am
by Chris Poulos
Hello everyone,
Chris Poulos here. I am on a mission for a client. I'm tying to find a bottle of Madeira from 1869, of all years. Do any of you know of any collectors who may have something like this in their stash, either in the US or Europe?
Thanks for any help or insight you can offer.
cheers,
Chris
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:12 pm
by David Spriggs
1869.... that's tough. I don't know of any 1869 Madeiras that currently exist.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:38 am
by Andreas Platt
Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 5:13 am
by Phil W
Andreas Platt wrote:Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy
It looks like he only posted his request yesterday, perhaps he doesn't check his mail or the forum quite as often as the rest of us geeks
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 8:24 am
by David Spriggs
Andreas Platt wrote:Hi David!
I do have a bottle of Blandy Boal and sent a mail to Chris...without ANY response.
So I do guess that his request is fake, anyways.
But it does exist...
Cheers
Andy
Oh Yes! You are correct! Our Madeira Wine Guide shows four of them.
https://www.fortheloveofport.com/madeir ... tage-list/
What I probably should have said was that I don't see any 1869 Madeira for sale in Wine Searcher.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:04 pm
by Eric Ifune
I've tasted a 1869 Lomelino Bual and a 1869 Blandys Secial. The Lomelino was good. The Blandys was not good at all; Paul Day thought it was faked.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:39 am
by Andreas Platt
Regarding Blandy Sercial 1869, see here
http://www.richardmayson.com/madeira-wi ... al-sercial
I want to add that I have a Blandy Boal 1869, though.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:49 pm
by Eric Ifune
Yes, that was the tasting I was at. Someone went to the effort to try to fake this particular bottle. Obvious modern tee cork with a recent selo covered by a Blandy's capsule.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:11 pm
by David Spriggs
I was at that tasting too! I was sure it was fake.
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:07 pm
by Jim S.
I have a bottle of 1869 Avery's Boal. It was brought into the US by Wine Imports LTD for Esquin Imports (according to the label).
Re: Yep, 1869
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:07 am
by Chris Poulos
Hey Andy,
Thanks for speaking up - I've sent you two emails in fact, but they must be trapped in your spam folder or the system is not forwarding them properly - feel free to call me at 707-339-5825 or email me at
chris@companyfinewine.com. My interest is sincere and I'd love to chat!
cheers,
Chris