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**** AL.
"Almost opaque, dense ruddy mahogany, even darker than the 1912 Verdelho, with brilliant amber glints; pungent, with characteristic butter toffee carietal bouquet; glass-coating; so concentrated on the palate that one has to work at it, almost a wine to chew; sweet but, with high controlled acidity, not in the least cloying...A blockbuster wine..." Alex Liddell, Madeira The Mid-Atlantic Wine, 1998 |