130 Year Old Wine: All About Madeira!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this video, we’re taking a sip of history in the form of two bottles of 100+ year old Madeira. We got our hands on Henriques & Henriques 1894 Founders Solera and 1898 Verdelho Solera at a wine auction. Bottled in 2010 and 2011, these wines are truly one of a kind and only 760 bottles were made of the Founders Solera and 1,840 bottles of the Verdelho Solera.
Madeira used to be one of the most popular wines and was shipped to every corner of the world in the 17-and-18 hundreds. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson drank Madeira consistently and the wine was the drink of choice for anyone in the upper social classes.
We take a look at the history of Madeira, both the wine and the island, and along with our expert sommelier, Stacey, we review these particularly great bottles. What will 130 year-old wine taste like? Find out and let us know about your experiences with old wines in the comment section below.
Cheers!
B & Pops
P.S.
Thank you so much to Henriques & Henriques for providing us with original videos and photos, along with specific data on the wines.
B, keep describing the way you do! Love it, I'm tired of the nerdy descriptors, no offense pops, lol!
No offense taken! :-)
Love the geek!!! Madeira is a FAV!! I’m a huge sweet wine fan. I’ve not had any of the 1800’s but have 1910. Have had the 1875 Malvasia from Barbeito. Great post!!! Do you have any other favorite sweet wines? Cheers.
I love port and specifically the 1994 Taylor and Fonseca are drinking well now. Should be able to pick up a bottle for $150 or so, which is not bad considering it is 30 years old now.
@@OurPourDecisions I have a 92 port I bought from Winebid I’m hoping is good. It’s still in the storage on their site.
You have a great channel and an amazing cellar. The "professionals" you bring on are hampering your reach and credibility
Doing GREAT !!!! You will have 100,000 subscribers sooner than you think.
Hope so - that would be great!
Great video as always and informative! I guess its time to plan a Port video, the old ones are so wonderful.
Omg omg yes!! Fortified wines were my gateway from fine liquors to wine 25+y ago, before studying sommellerie. Always been a huge fan of old Sherries, Ports and Madeiras. Thank you for sharing this with us!
So glad to hear. Madeira is not very popular anymore but those who love it, love it! I really love port in the winter so hope to do an episode on that sometime.
Negra Mole is the old, outdated name. By law, the name is now Tinta Negra. Terrantez is the most prized and prestigious variety.
fascinating how the first and only wine drunk in the 13 colonies was Portuguese wine.
so America's original founding fathers were basically drunk on the stuff.
but interestingly enough , the Portuguese island of Madeira not only produced the wine that filled the glasses that toasted the Declaration of Independence, but the national spirit of Brazil also has it's origins on that little island. Brazilian Cachaça the oldest distilled spirit in the Western hemisphere, was invented by Portuguese colonists from Madeira.
Great video again !!! Love watching this. Unbelievable age for these 'wines'.. But if you ask me ... I prefer the 'real' wines over Madeira, Sherry, Port, etc 🤗🤗🙏🙏
It's a small niche market but I love madeira and Port for the right occasions. So glad to hear you like the video.
@@OurPourDecisions true that !
For current Madeira solera, they can only be topped up 5 times with no more than 20% taken at any one time. After the 5th addition, the entire cask must be bottled.
Very cool.
I didn’t expect that much sugar left in that bottle.
Will have to check Madeira out, I’ve been to the Canary Islands. I’m sure I can get a connecting flight from Lisbon. I love a good Tawny and vintage port, will taste Madeira at some point.
Put in an order for a case of Château Laroque yesterday on the 23 en primeur, and looking at a case of Château Lynch-Bages as well for the 23 release.
Nice! I'm a big fan of port myself. Love buying en primeur but I think I'm getting too old to ever enjoy them...:-)
Great wines to feature, really starting to love your Channel:) wonder how much alcohol would be left after 130 years in the bottle, must have dropped down by quite a bit.
The alcohol level we showed on the overview is the actual level and we got this information from the winery. The wines were stored in barrel until 2010 and 2011 when they were bottled. The barrels need to be topped off at certain intervals so there is not "new" juice in there.
The channel is awesome!
“I could put this in my iced coffee.” 🤣🤣🤣
B's always keeping it real...:-)
Jeb Brooks spotted! Even my favorite travel UA-camr watches this channel. 😃
Love the video and the channel!
Love this channel. A new favourite
Why are there fresh looking stamps on a 130 year old bottle ?
Great question. So the wines were aged in barrel until 2010 and 2011 when they were bottles. We showed this in the video but it was quick.
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I really love your channel and have inhaled all your videos in now time. Since most people will never be able to enjoy such expensive wines, it would be awesome if you could always throw in some more affordable options to do a one to one comparison (just like the Bordeaux tasting you did). Maybe your Sommelier can pick these options.. Keep up the great job
Thank you for provide just detail history/background of the wine. Very educational!!
Love the background… I like ports so this would be an interesting try.
Keep up the wonderful work you're doing!!! I surely like your videos 😀
Next time I leave a wine in the heat, I’ll just tell myself I’m making Madeira. 😂
Production value is fantastic. You guys are killing it!
Super decent! Always enjoy madeira!
You guys have an amazing wine channel with the potential to grow fast! Make more videos!!!!!!
Thank you!
7:34 small correction for stacy: the alcohol is evaporating with the opening of the barrels, not the water (due to the higher volatility of ethanol compared to water), so the reduction in volume is mainly due to the loss of ethanol. fun fact: whiskey distillers call the loss of alcohol during barrel aging the angels share. sorry for the small rant, but thats the chemical engineer in me. 😅
Great video tho, keep em coming😊
Winemakers call it the same for what is lost to the barrel.
I visited Portugal last month and flew over to Madeira for a day. Wish I had a few more days there. Definitely a must visit
Such a great tasting experience - would love to visit one day.
Another great video!!
You guys are legends of legends
You guys are NAILING IT.
So kind.
Love it. Amazing topic.
Not many people drink Madeira anymore but we enjoy learning. Glad you enjoyed it!
Those wines are only as old as when the solera was begun ,and the wine was bottled . Wine does not age in the bottle only in cask . Plus , the casks would be topped up so, what % of the wine from the original start date of the solera remains until it is bottled is anybody's guess .
You bring up a really good point. The barrels and wine used in the Conteira process date back to the 1870s but these Solera wines had a start and end date. It would need to be top off after that but there is no record of how much. Our math suggested it would be about 60% at close date and then you would lose some more over time to evaporation / top off. It's anybody's guess really. They were bottles in 2010 and 2011 as we showed in the video. We enjoyed them immensely.
Thats not a wine anymore !?!
You talk like sitcom characters ,and sometimes it makes me mad to see rich people like you try to show off his wines on yt . But nvm maybe İTS a Cat thing .. 😑