Madeira Terrantez

Whoopsies forgot to take a picture of the bottle at the tasting so yay handy booklets I took notes in to the rescue. Thirty-one years in French oak! Almost vanilla paste, vanilla flower and candied white currant nose. Coffee, caramelized nuts, candied orange peel, and fresh lemon rind on the palate with cutting acid. All this courses through the finish but with toast. Gimme some more.

First time with ‘71 of the nearly extinct Terrantez instead of ‘77. Outstanding balance of acid and sweetness as always with D’Oliveiras, raisin, caramel and here, a bit more profound bitter almond

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Salted peanuts, orange peel, toffee. What a treat.

@Jean Georges in NYC; served with course #7 of the tasting menu; the paired wine tasting was $168 for 7 glasses. All were amazing!!

The acid, the orange caramel, the mystery...

Holy crap, this was good. Amber in color, honey-like in smoothness. Absolutely lovely.

this I remember like a dream.

Tangy salinity and dried orange peel, the acidity suppresses most of the sweetness. A real treat.

Jeff had this 8 years ago