A Tasting of Rare, Old Madeira (and Ancient Rum)
I attended a magnificent tasting in Christie’s boardroom in advance of a major sale of Madeiras on Thursday 12th December 2013. Included in the sale are a number of wines from Blandy’s that have been bottled from demijohn especially for the event. These wines span the period 1954 – 1887. Sadly none of these wine were available for tasting. There were however eight wines from 1979 – 1865 (as well as rum from Harewood House cellar dating back to 1780.) All the wines had been double decanted 24 hours before the tasting. My notes follow: