History
Vintage Madeira and the very fine old soleras are invariably rare, venerable and highly priced (although still astonishingly cheap compared to similarly aged port, Bordeaux or Sauternes, none of which have anything like the same longevity). Sustained both by fortification and by its high acidity, Madeira seems to be an almost indestructible wine: a vintage of 30 years age still being in its infancy, one of 60 barely in its prime and almost ...