The 2000 Malvazia Madeira is a rich, heady wine. Plum, dried flowers, espresso, charcoal, menthol and tobacco are front and center in this decidedly exotic Madeira. The Malvazia is a bit quirky. Its intensely floral pers...(read more)

Very deep colour. Greatly pungent on the herbal, citric nose, but showing fair integration for its age and fine balance indeed on the palate. Less sweetness-driven wine than many Malmseys, with no excesses of bitter wood...(read more)

This special harvest was selected from a year of very fine vintage of a single grape variety, the production of which was assumed by control of the quality of the grapes, ideal ripening conditions, and a process of vinif...(read more)

The 2001 Bual Madeira is a total charmer. Macerated cherry, espresso, mocha, dried flowers and spice cake fill out the layers effortlessly. Soft contours envelop the mid palate and long, resonant finish. This is an arche...(read more)

Floral and appley, then stonefruit, with a saline length, lots of interest and complexity. Like all great old Madeira, a complete bargain.