NV Cabral Tawny 40YO
Posted: 22:36 Mon 03 May 2021
Bottling circa 1960s - UK label, no selo, wax seal, bottle with bulbous neck that it took a Durand with which to get the elderly cork out whole.
Some very fine dirty sediment, consistent (in my mainly madeira-based experience) with a cask-aged wine having been bottled circa 60 years ago.
What I would call a 'proper' 40 yr old tawny colour, translucent orangey-brown with a yellow rim.
+ 30 minutes
Nose like an old woody colheita, with some sultanas underneath. Again, almost madeira-like.
But the palate definitely portious. Warm marmalade sponge pudding. Then some spice.
Finish long and marmalade-soaked, with an increasing and attractive jamaica ginger cake element from about 15 seconds in.
I did not have extremely high hopes for this; but it is very interesting.
+ 48 hours
Sweeter orange, with some soft sultana and turkish delight elements. Long and warm. Splendid with a petit pot au chocolat.
Some very fine dirty sediment, consistent (in my mainly madeira-based experience) with a cask-aged wine having been bottled circa 60 years ago.
What I would call a 'proper' 40 yr old tawny colour, translucent orangey-brown with a yellow rim.
+ 30 minutes
Nose like an old woody colheita, with some sultanas underneath. Again, almost madeira-like.
But the palate definitely portious. Warm marmalade sponge pudding. Then some spice.
Finish long and marmalade-soaked, with an increasing and attractive jamaica ginger cake element from about 15 seconds in.
I did not have extremely high hopes for this; but it is very interesting.
+ 48 hours
Sweeter orange, with some soft sultana and turkish delight elements. Long and warm. Splendid with a petit pot au chocolat.