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Welcome  »  Vintage  »  1949 and older

1949 and older

18 items in 1949 and older

1850 D'Olveira Verdelho (750ml)

$750.00
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FineWine International
"This tiny family firm with a showpiece lodge in the heart of Funchal turns out some high quality wines. D'Oliveira still have vintage wines dating back to 1850? ." Richard Mayson, Portugal's Wines and Winemakers

1880 D'Oliveiras Terrantez (750ml)

$750.00
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FineWine International
"This tiny family firm with a showpiece lodge in the heart of Funchal turns out some high quality wines. D'Oliveira still have vintage wines dating back to 1850? ." Richard Mayson, Portugal's Wines and Winemakers

1900 Lomelino Verdelho (750ml)

$750.00
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Michael Broadbent
Vintage Assessment: As it happens, the opening of the 20th century was as splendidly successful in Madeira as it was in other classic wine regions of Europe..

1900 Sousa Herdiros Bual (750ml)

$495.00
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Michael Broadbent
Vintage Assessment: As it happens, the opening of the 20th century was as splendidly successful in Madeira as it was in other classic wine regions of Europe..

1907 Blandy Boal (750ml)

$450.00
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Michael Broadbent 4 *
Three notes in the late 1980s, a superb, moutfilling wine, powerful yet refined. More recently, glowing amber; glorious bouquet and flavour, sweet, tangy.

1910 Barbeito Bual (750ml)

$450.00
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Michael Broadbent
Vintage Assortment: 5***** Great vintage for all the differnet madeira grape varieties and the best all-round vintage of the period

1918 Latour (750ml)

$1,250.00
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Wine Spectator 86
I appreciate this for its age. Still holding on, but a bit dry at this stage of its evolution. Pretty, light aromas of spearmint, berry and currant. Medium body. Firm tannins. Good fruit but short in the mouth.--Latour vertical., August, 2000

1921 Caillou Grande Reserve (750ml)

$595.00
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Michael Broadbent
Vintage Assessment; Undoubtably the greatest vintage of the 20th century..Following the hottest summer since 1893, grapes were harvested with a tremendously high sugar content which, after fermentation, resulted in high levels of alcohol and residual sugar.

1921 Yquem (750ml)

$3,995.00
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Robert Parker 100
There is no doubt that the two most profound and mature Yquem made in the twentieth century were the 1921 (rated 100 on two separate occasions..) and the 1937.
Richard Olney
From Yquem by R. Olney. Often characterized as the greatest white wine of the century. "Suave, seductive, exotic liqueur-like aroma of candied fruits with floral touches, a scent of peppery yellow roses. Sumptuous, enveloping warmth. Ripe, complex palate. Rich in savours with spicy overtones and mouth vapours recalling green chartreuse, the ensemble contained by a remarkable overall homogeneity conferring upon the wine an aura of timelessness"( Robert Goffard, 1984)
Wine Spectator 97
"With its brilliant orange-amber color, this is a truly elegant wine that balances its sweetness and flavors on a razor edge. The finish has apricot, vanilla, pear, toast, fig, tobacco and coffee. Amazingly complex for its seemingly delicate style, yet it sacrifices no sweetness."

1921 Yquem (750ml)

$3,150.00
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Robert Parker 100
There is no doubt that the two most profound and mature Yquem made in the twentieth century were the 1921 (rated 100 on two separate occasions..) and the 1937.
Richard Olney
From Yquem by R. Olney. Often characterized as the greatest white wine of the century. "Suave, seductive, exotic liqueur-like aroma of candied fruits with floral touches, a scent of peppery yellow roses. Sumptuous, enveloping warmth. Ripe, complex palate. Rich in savours with spicy overtones and mouth vapours recalling green chartreuse, the ensemble contained by a remarkable overall homogeneity conferring upon the wine an aura of timelessness"( Robert Goffard, 1984)
Wine Spectator 97
"With its brilliant orange-amber color, this is a truly elegant wine that balances its sweetness and flavors on a razor edge. The finish has apricot, vanilla, pear, toast, fig, tobacco and coffee. Amazingly complex for its seemingly delicate style, yet it sacrifices no sweetness."

1933 Justino Malmsey (750ml)

$395.00
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Michael Broadbent 4*
Several notes..from a private cellar: high acidity, touch of fat, rich, fleshy and agains, pre-sale in 1996. Next on my first visit to Justino's in 1997..sweet, concentrated, perfectly balanced..Lastly, now with the ""Broadbent Selectons' label in my son's office in San Francisco..Ethereal, delicious…

1934 Caillou Creme De Tete (750ml)

$495.00
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Michael Broadbent
4**** Vintage. Next to 1937 the best of the 1930's.

1937 Caillou Creme De Tete (750ml)

$650.00
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1937 Haut-Brion (750ml)

$1,495.00
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Robert Parker 89
To everyone's surprise, the 1937 Haut-Brion out-performed the 1947, and the soft, fully mature 1962. 1937 has a justifiable reputation for being a hard vintage, but one could see through the austere, still tannin-dominated 1937 Haut-Brion to admire the healthy, dark, dense color with only some amber at the edge. Minerals, tobacco, cedar, and coffee aromas were followed by a muscular, medium-bodied wine with plenty of power and fruit. But the vintage's tell-tale hard tannin was still present. This particular magnum of 1937 Haut-Brion would have lasted another 20-30+ years. I suspect many 1975s are the modern day clones of the 1937 vintage. The notes for this wine are taken from the description of Series IV - Flight D of the 1995 tasting conducted in Munich by Helga and Hardy Rodenstock.

1937 Massandra Collection Tavrida Black Muscat (750ml)

$540.00
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1945 Pichon-Baron (750ml)

$795.00
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Michael Broadbent 3 *
Several variable notes from dried out to rich and penetrating. At best ***

1947 Caillou Creme De Tete (750ml)

$495.00
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Michael Broadbent
5***** A great ripe classic Sauterne vintage. One of the best ever.
FineWine International
It is very honeyed with a lovely deep gold color and aromas of sweet caramel and molasses. The finish is quite long. A beautiful wine over all.

1949 Climens (750ml)

$795.00
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Michael Broadbent 5 *
One of the best vintages of this consistently good Chateau. Creamy and superbly balanced.
David Peppercorn
One of the two great wines of Barsac, this is always among the finest wines of Sauternes, and one of the few that can rival Yquem for the perfection of its flavour and breed, if not for its power..It is interesting to not that almost the entire vineyard is planted with Semillon, which is said to suit the chalky soil..These are very long lived wine, combining freshness, elegance and breed without the weight of the very best Sauternes, as distinct from Barsac, but with a lusciousness which slowly opens up with age. The balance, which is one of the greatest charms of the wines, means that it keeps its colour and hardly ever goes dark, so maderization is a stranger here.
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