Malmsey Solera, Henriques & Henriques 1900

This wine is actually, miraculously, commercially available. ‘We recommend standing it upright and decanting 24 hours before serving,’ says John Cossart. This wine has been in bottle for 15 years but still has the freshness of a solera wine. Green-edged mahogany. Pungent nose of bonfires. Round and punchy, very well balanced. Lots of acidity but not too much. Lovely sipping madeira. Very very fresh. Quite amazingly lively even though almost elixir-like.