The Wine Thread

landhoney · 03-01-2011, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

21 is not a recognized vintage. I think it's about 20 years for Madeira to be vintage. Would have to look it up to verify. It's much longer than for vintage port which is three years.

Yep, not sure why I thought it was 21, but I guess it is 20. In any case, I imagine the reason you don't see 20 year old Madeira listed as such is because once it gets that old they can put a vintage on it, correct?

mosesbotbol · 03-01-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by landhoney

Yep, not sure why I thought it was 21, but I guess it is 20. In any case, I imagine the reason you don't see 20 year old Madeira listed as such is because once it gets that old they can put a vintage on it, correct?

They may just keep it on hand in pipes to blend their 5-10-15 year Madeira too.