Broadbent Madeira Colheita

Well balanced

Raisins, prunes. Coffee?

We nursed this over two weeks, serving it mostly with spicy soups, very good match. The note below describes it well, and indeed it’s rather sweet — but it has sufficient acidity and was not at all cloying.

Dark amber color (honeyed brown) with a touch of orange. Clear. Heavy weight. Very sweet. Scents of bourbon or maybe scotch, vanilla, and toast. Tastes of rich maple syrup. I'm not sure what else, but it tastes like a waffle breakfast at your favorite diner.

Agree with JSJones note below. Drank this over a month or two storing it in the refrigerator. It never changed even slightly over that time. Fairly sweet as Madeira's go. Some baking spice over a touch of caramel and a smack of citrus. All of those notes come separately though. Rather than part of one experience. This makes for a nice basic dessert/late night sort of quaff but the value is poor. Maybe some aging will help this but there …

Dark orange color with ruby lights; aromatic, dried orange, orange marmalade, dried fig nose; orange honey, orange cream, marmalade palate with good acidity; long finish 91+ points

Drank over many months. It is a fine Madeira, but in my opinion overpriced for a generic "sweet" Madeira. I've found most any of the single grape variety better, even the 5 year.

Warm Toffee with olive green rim in colour at Jan 1st 17 in Virgin Lounge San Fransisco . v/good On the nose theres the aged Raisen , sultana fruitcake with good clean spirit used. On the palate fruit sweetness similar to above with clean spirit length. like

This is ageable like other vintage Madeira, ¿no?

Broadbent Vinho Verde, Port, Madeira : Less aromatic than the 5yr or 10yr. Nutty almond, slight play dough / ethyl acetate. Nutty, figgy, dates, with slight maple bourbon character. Really, really good on the palate. Long and intense finish, with high acidity.