Seriously. 1875 Madeira. 18-freakin-75. Now this is bar research I can really wrap my
head around. I have a dear friend
Stewart Todd who is a Port/Sherry/Madeira geek, and that is putting it
lightly. Stewart is a contributor to the
beloved website www.fortheloveofport.com
and that is just a hobby. One that he happens to be really good
at. Recently he and his lovely wife Jody
invited me over for dinner and towards the end of the night as we were sitting
around, Stewart poured me a mystery taste.
The acidity and wonderful aroma jumped out of the glass and wrapped
itself around me like a hug. I am not
skilled in the department of estimating wine age but I promise you, that even
the best of them would not have ever accurately guessed. If I hadn’t known better, Stewart might have
swapped out what was inside with something brand new. This Madeira was 137 years old and tasted
amazing. I’m not sure when/if I’ll get
another opportunity to taste something like that. Clearly I need to stay in the good graces of the Todd's. He is of course is trying his best
to convince me to have something like that behind the bar to have available for
other eno-nerds. We’ll just have to see
about that.
