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Let’s open a bottle of Barbeito Boal Madeira wine (vintage 1914) and discover how much life it still holds!
**WINES I TASTED/FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO:
š·1914 Barbeito Boal, Madeira, Portugal
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/barbieto+bual+madeira+portugal/1914/
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0:00 100-Year-Old Wine
4:00 The Tasting
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36 Comments
loving the new setup, loving newish format! also loving seeing myth of aged wines been incredible getting bustedš
Best Madeira video ever Agneseā¤ Happy š New Years š All the best in 2025.
Thanks for opening this old Madeira and sharing an interesting experience. Often, expensive and old bottles just change hands and never get drunk. It's a pity.
Agnese, I loved your honesty regarding this wine. I got the feeling you were a little disappointed. I like younger wines, since I can't get myself to spend over $50 US per bottle. Happy New Year!!
I curious about wine at any stage of its life. For enjoyment, I like wines more with floral notes and fruit taste (fresh or dried) before tertiary notes. But most of all, a balanced wine is the best.
Wow, another great review, thanks ā¤
For me it was a 1984 chateauneuf. About 13 years ago. It was definitely on its decline.
Another great video!
It even survived a lot of Yo mommas.
you are a very pretty lady i am from England UK ā¤ā¤ā¤
Just an 88 Pahlmeyer Cab. Nothing like this.
Heck, the oldest wine in my collection is only a 99 Fanti.
š it is such a pleasure to see your excitement, your joy š
Great experience šš»
Hi Agnes – if you have any wine left and make it to Helsinki I'd be happy to taste it with you! My oldest wine was a 60-year-old Sauternes a few years back. Overall for me the sweet spot seems to be when there are some tertiary aromas present but not so that all fruity character and acid is gone. Kind of happy mid-way-point I guess. Keep doing what you're doing and Happy New Year!
Oldest wine IĀ“ve tasted so far, was a PX from 1935.
But January next year, I have been invited to visit Kloster Eberbach in Rheingau, where the first wine is a SpƤtburgunder from 1925, there will also be a line up of 4 Rieslings from 1935. Plus other old wines. š
Amazing! Thank you for sharing with us ! š
I've had old cheap wine that survived far longer than intended, but anything meant to drink 10 years after harvest is probably above my budget, especially if I am not cellaring it myself. Wine develops interesting changes as it ages, so it is a shame no one is marketing older, relatively cheap wines. 20 year old whisky is affordable and I've even had 50 year old Brandy, but old wines are really expensive.
I am always skeptical about these several-decades old bottles, but I am happy that yours turned out well.
By the way Agnese your new set-up is nice, enjoy! š
1792 Rhone red style before it was called "Rhone") at DC 1980's Heublein Auction. Still focused and strong- clear golden with floating "red" flakes. 1864 Montachet Bouchard- greatest ever, ecstatic brilliant sweet nose — Penetrating the senses Blindingly beautiful Distinct. Old Reingau last forever. Rare wines (Latour) need 30 yrs to sweeten up. Thanks for your beautiful and honest take!
Blessings for the new year(s)
Wonderful video! I loved watching your first smell of the wine, you looked like you could jump around with joy and giddiness! šš 6:41
Oldest wine tasted: 1850 D'Oliveiras Verdelho at an epic tasting with the producer on the island. The best of that day for me, however, was the 1905 Verdelho which my wife graciously gifted to me. I took it home and shared small tastes with special friends not worrying about its fragility. My notes say it was super pronounced highly intense, ultra long guavas, tamarind, prunes, fig, saltana, and a certain interesting sourness. Sadly I accidently broke the bottle with a little more than half the liquid still in it!! š
The most interesting part of the vid to me was the point that in the far past the wines were sweetened (i.e., sweetness not coming from the RS of the must). This is not something I've ever explicitly encountered in any educational materials (e.g., WSET). If you have more details, could you elaborate further? What type of sweetener was used? When was the practice of arresting fermentation w/ spirit adopted? The island did have a thriving sugar cane industry in its past, but not sure if it overlapped with the wine trade there.
An unknown 1920ties vintage Lynch Bages by negotiant ! Fantastic bottle. Drank in 2022.
Could have waited a few days and this would be 111yr old wine. Give it the Bilbo speech
I was gifted three German Riesling, from the 1980s. They had just been in someoneās closet. A lot of bottle variation, all were nice, and very interesting.
At the end of this video, I could really see your love of wine shining through. Cheers
Happy you had the chance to make this experience! And I love your non-awe-struck candor about the qualities of wine – or should I in this case say characteristics? š¤š
I haven't had a wine that was anywhere near that old, but I don't miss it in the slightest. Much like my fellow commenter hnurminen, I prefer my wines just on the brink of ripeness. I found most of the older wines I had (there weren't many) to be more of a curiosity than truly enjoyable, much like in your video. I have to say though that the 1966 Kopke Colheita I had a few years ago was a treat.
Btw only quite recently I had my first meaningful contact with Madeira, and the young Barbeito Boal stood out for its freshness and liveliness. In case they preserved the style over the century I'm not surprised at all about the showing as far as acidity is concerned.
A great way to finish 2024. Wishing you a happy 2025! š·š„
Why spit a wine of this magnitude? That's a waste
Iāve never had wine anywhere near to this old. Iāve had cognac and Armagnac that old and they were amazing. The Armagnac was from 1868. I donāt remember how long it was in the barrel, but I think around 80 or more years.
FWIW: Grange Hermitage is arguably one of Australia's most famous and sought after wines. Frequently, owners of this wine are invited to bring their past vintages along where these are uncorked, wine checked for validity / viability, the bottles are topped-up with the current vintage to ensure continued development, a fresh cork inserted & owners sent home.
the oldest madeira I've tasted was a 1850 verdelho and the second oldest was a 1875 Moscatel madeira(recommended by the bartender), they were very interesting. I felt similar to how you felt bout the one you tasted in this video, it's something i'd like to drink from time to time and would also recommend others to try but i certainly wasn't, "blown" away by them.
Super video. The level of a 100 year old wine…..when was it bottled or rebottled ? My Oldest wine was a Lafite Rothschild 1939. But the onion colored wine tasted like dried bacon and was undrinkable. I love to drink, and have drunk a lot of old wines, but until now there were more disappointments than tasty experiences.
About 30 years ago I had the opportunity to taste a Madeira from the 19th century (1895 I think). It was one of the last Christmases my grandfather was present, and my uncle brought the Madeira (just a few years older than my grandfather at the time), while my father supplied a Port from the 60s. I recall not being a fan of the Madeira, as you mentioned with yours, no fruit, burnt caramel. The 60s port was banging though.
Great video, you sort of HAVE to roll the dice when an opportunity like this from a reputable source, you have to go for it. I would have expected much wider ulage after 100 years. Was there any chance that the wine was re-corked at some point? A good cork after that long is a bit odd.
Oldest Iāve tasted is 1968 Chateau Latour. Was ethereally wonderful!
1966 GS Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa. Epic stuff it was.
Fabulous!!!
In my humble opinion eather the bottle or the corck or capsule belongs to a 110 years old bottle…..that's why you feel it so alive and fresh on the palate.
You are lovely but too young to have heard this bit of song āhave some Madeira my dear ā . We used to buy it because it was quite cheap, obviously not aged for a long time. I was apprehensive as you opened the bottle, not a lot of experience with old wine but had cellared some wine for 20-25 years and got to experience cork taint. A truly horrible experience! It was on my mind the whole time you opened that bottle. Glad that was not your result.