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  • Country ranking ?

    181
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now - 2045

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Offers a spicy aroma, with zesty flavors of apricot, citrus and apple that feature plenty of pastry notes. Pure and direct, featuring a finish loaded with white chocolate, hazelnut and slate accents. Powerfully fresh. Drink now through 2040. 90 cases made.
KM, April 2016

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The Story

Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1962 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 53 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. O...

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Wine Information

Crafted by Francisco Albuquerque, the Bual 1962 is the perfect example of a world class vintage Madeira. Visually, it's dark amber colour, with golden hue, greenish rim, and the magnificent slow teardrop, are warm and embracing, calling us to sit down and enjoy. Dense and concentrated, this vintage has the typical bouquet of old Madeira's. Exuberant on the nose, its bouquet is extremely complex, with noticeable balsamic notes, cedar wood, ciga...

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Tasting note

color

Light, Amber and Bright

ending

Long, Round and Flavorful

flavors

Apricot, Waxy, Nutty, Dried-fruit, Dusty and Sherry-like

nose

Pure, Ripe and Closed

taste

High in Acidity, Balanced, Concentrated, Well-Integrated, Full-bodied, Round, Harmonious, Fresh and Medium-Sweet

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is amber, and looking bright and light. On the nose it is ripe, pure and closed. The taste is fresh, round, harmonious, vivid, refined, and medium-sweet, and high in acidity, full-bodied, with balanced, well-structured, well-integrated and concentrated structure. On the palate it is layered and has nutty, apricot, sherry-like, waxy, dusty and dried-fruit flavours. The finish is long, round, lingering, flavorful and vibrant. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years.
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Origin

Codex, Madeira
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