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FORTIFIED	1982		Blandy's - Verdelho	Magnum	£440 per bottle	Blandy's Verdelho 1982 / / Magnum £440 per bottle	IB
		Tasting Notes "The Blandy’s 1982 Verdelho contains 108g/L residual sugar and was aged for 40 years in very old oak casks. Deep amber in color, it has a well-defined, mellow bouquet with mahogany antique bureau, crème brûlée, singed leather and bonfire aromas that cohere nicely in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannins and just the right amount of acidity to counter that sweet edge on the finish. This feels like an animated Verdelho, with impressive tension and real finesse coming through toward its slight oxidative finish. This is a classy offering. 1,206 bottles produced. 93 points" Neal Martin,Vinous.com------"From grapes grown at Porto Moniz on the north west corner of the island: deep amber - mahogany; lifted with immediacy on the nose, spiced prune, date and dried fig richness come singing from the glass, verging on high-toned (1.3 g/l volatile acidity); glorious quince marmalade richness (108 g/l residual sugar) and intensity offset by penetrating rapier-like acidity, backed by bitter-sweet astringency, lovely focus mid-palate with a long, fresh multi-dimensional finish redolent of dried apricots and citrus. Beautifully poised. 19/20 points." Richard Mayson------"Smells of manuka honey and molasses-sticky gingerbread, of heady tropical-rainforest flowers and glue. Spinning with intensity, luminous, like liquid jacquard silk, lacquered inlaid wood; absolutely shimmering with life. It holds in the mouth with the trembling, almost-spilling tension of a dewdrop on a spider's web as dawn light shafts through it turning gold into green and pink into red and blue shadows into indigo. Peach, apricot, warm pecans, cinnamon and the forest-floor scents that rise up cool and yet warm as you kick through the crisp crackle of coppery autumn leaves. Just stunning. 19 points" jancisrobinson.com (TC)
FORTIFIED	1982		Blandy's - Verdelho	Half bottle	£684 per case of 6	Blandy's Verdelho 1982 / / Half bottle £684 per case of 6	IB
		Tasting Notes "The Blandy’s 1982 Verdelho contains 108g/L residual sugar and was aged for 40 years in very old oak casks. Deep amber in color, it has a well-defined, mellow bouquet with mahogany antique bureau, crème brûlée, singed leather and bonfire aromas that cohere nicely in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannins and just the right amount of acidity to counter that sweet edge on the finish. This feels like an animated Verdelho, with impressive tension and real finesse coming through toward its slight oxidative finish. This is a classy offering. 1,206 bottles produced. 93 points" Neal Martin,Vinous.com------"From grapes grown at Porto Moniz on the north west corner of the island: deep amber - mahogany; lifted with immediacy on the nose, spiced prune, date and dried fig richness come singing from the glass, verging on high-toned (1.3 g/l volatile acidity); glorious quince marmalade richness (108 g/l residual sugar) and intensity offset by penetrating rapier-like acidity, backed by bitter-sweet astringency, lovely focus mid-palate with a long, fresh multi-dimensional finish redolent of dried apricots and citrus. Beautifully poised. 19/20 points." Richard Mayson------"Smells of manuka honey and molasses-sticky gingerbread, of heady tropical-rainforest flowers and glue. Spinning with intensity, luminous, like liquid jacquard silk, lacquered inlaid wood; absolutely shimmering with life. It holds in the mouth with the trembling, almost-spilling tension of a dewdrop on a spider's web as dawn light shafts through it turning gold into green and pink into red and blue shadows into indigo. Peach, apricot, warm pecans, cinnamon and the forest-floor scents that rise up cool and yet warm as you kick through the crisp crackle of coppery autumn leaves. Just stunning. 19 points" jancisrobinson.com (TC)
FORTIFIED	1982		Blandy's - Verdelho	75cl	£1,290 per case of 6	Blandy's Verdelho 1982 / / 75cl £1,290 per case of 6	IB
		Tasting Notes "The Blandy’s 1982 Verdelho contains 108g/L residual sugar and was aged for 40 years in very old oak casks. Deep amber in color, it has a well-defined, mellow bouquet with mahogany antique bureau, crème brûlée, singed leather and bonfire aromas that cohere nicely in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannins and just the right amount of acidity to counter that sweet edge on the finish. This feels like an animated Verdelho, with impressive tension and real finesse coming through toward its slight oxidative finish. This is a classy offering. 1,206 bottles produced. 93 points" Neal Martin,Vinous.com------"From grapes grown at Porto Moniz on the north west corner of the island: deep amber - mahogany; lifted with immediacy on the nose, spiced prune, date and dried fig richness come singing from the glass, verging on high-toned (1.3 g/l volatile acidity); glorious quince marmalade richness (108 g/l residual sugar) and intensity offset by penetrating rapier-like acidity, backed by bitter-sweet astringency, lovely focus mid-palate with a long, fresh multi-dimensional finish redolent of dried apricots and citrus. Beautifully poised. 19/20 points." Richard Mayson------"Smells of manuka honey and molasses-sticky gingerbread, of heady tropical-rainforest flowers and glue. Spinning with intensity, luminous, like liquid jacquard silk, lacquered inlaid wood; absolutely shimmering with life. It holds in the mouth with the trembling, almost-spilling tension of a dewdrop on a spider's web as dawn light shafts through it turning gold into green and pink into red and blue shadows into indigo. Peach, apricot, warm pecans, cinnamon and the forest-floor scents that rise up cool and yet warm as you kick through the crisp crackle of coppery autumn leaves. Just stunning. 19 points" jancisrobinson.com (TC)
FORTIFIED	1983	1 bottle	Fonseca	75cl	£60 per bottle	Fonseca 1983 / 1 bottle / 75cl £60 per bottle	DP
FORTIFIED	1985	4 cases	Graham	75cl	£660 per case of 12	Graham 1985 / 4 cases / 75cl £660 per case of 12	DP
FORTIFIED	1985	1 case	Quinta do Noval	75cl	£650 per case of 12	Quinta do Noval 1985 / 1 case / 75cl £650 per case of 12	IB
FORTIFIED	1985	1 case	Taylor	75cl	£650 per case of 12	Taylor 1985 / 1 case / 75cl £650 per case of 12	IB
FORTIFIED	1985	6 bottles	Warre	75cl	£50 per bottle	Warre 1985 / 6 bottles / 75cl £50 per bottle	DP
FORTIFIED	1985	3 cases	Warre	75cl	£495 per case of 12	Warre 1985 / 3 cases / 75cl £495 per case of 12	DP
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FORTIFIED	1990		Blandy's - Sercial	Magnum	£390 per bottle	Blandy's Sercial 1990 / / Magnum £390 per bottle	IB
		Tasting Notes "The Blandy’s 1990 Sercial was matured for 32 years in old casks and contains 55g/L residual sugar, limited to 1,206 bottles. Burnished amber in color, it has an appealing bouquet with hazelnut, smoke, light oxidative scents and a background note of pressed white flowers. The palate is well balanced with sour lemon, Seville orange marmalade and penetrating lemongrass notes that fire up the front of the tongue, mellowing toward a cohesive and prolonged finish. Maybe a bit more grip would not have gone amiss; nonetheless, this Sercial is delightful. 91 points" Neal Martin,Vinous.com------"Unusually the grapes for this wine come from Calheta on the south coast (presumably at a fairly high altitude); lovely deep amber colour, verging on nut brown; lifted on the nose, quite powerful and intense with roast almond and a touch of toffee and butterscotch; surprisingly full in flavour for a Sercial on the palate (55 g/l residual sugar) with fresh spiced, toffeed / caramelised flavours, the acidity cutting in midpalate (11 g/l residual sugar) leaving a typically astringent yet full greengage and apple finish. 17.5/20 points." Richard Mayson