Hello Konstantin, I am Madeiran by blood, 2nd generation of a migrant family. I stumbled across your video purely by accient. Thank you so much for making this video. When you started describing the tastes of the wine, specifically the banana, and the sugar cane syrup, the stories that my grandfather used to tell me about his father making wine hit me like a truck. My great grand father lived on the cliff sides in Madeira, he had a banana plantation, sugarcane farm and a small vineyard. The sugarcane was turned into treacle, which is used to make a traditional cake called bolo de mel. I have no doubtthat his wine would have tasted similiar to this one. We have old video of him in his late ninties laughing, drinking and sharing his wine with our family amidst the banana trees. These memories came flooding vack immediatly when you began describing the wine, which I never expected. So thank you.
My great grandfather is turning 95 this year, and he's a big wine lover. I think him trying something that's older than him for once would be an outlandish experience
I’m probably the youngest fortified wine enthusiast in Australia at 27… Nobody in Australia under the age of 60 drinks fortified wine and it’s difficult to get great quality here. But I’ve loved all sorts of fortified wines ever since first White Port in Mudgee almost a decade ago. I love the complexity and boldness that can be packed into a fortified wine. I also love the history of wine, and am considering becoming a sommelier one day. I would love nothing more than to try this incredible Madeira.
What an incredible find to still have a great bottle after all these years. Being able to share it with so many people is a wonder of our time. I really appreciate that you bring so much expertise into this very rare tasting. I’ve been collecting wine for the past 15 years as a hobby and only in the last few years have I really experienced the potential of aged wine. That’s only after 5 to 10 years in cellar. I can’t imagine how interesting it was to taste something that old in the Madiera. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with all of us.
Konstantin, Thank you for such a great video. We (my wife and I) love watching you open these old bottles and drinking them. Feels like we are there with you.
Hi Konstantin. My name is Tiago, I'm Brazilian. A wine lover and member of the Brazilian Sommelier association. I can only imagine the transcendent pleasure you must have had from drinking wine like this. I would spend a lot to experience that too. I would taste it as a toast and commemoration of the end of the War of the Farrapos that took place in 1845. A conflict that put an end to the separatist anxieties of the southern states in Brazil.
Hi Konstantin, I have just discovered your channel and I really enjoy your content. This incredible tasting here must have been absolutely magical. The oldest wine I have ever tasted was a 1959 Mouton. This has left a picture of a million colors in my head that I can still almost see perfectly. I cannot even begin to imagine the kind of souvenir a 177 years old Madera left in your mind. It was also so extremely kind of you to share it with one of your subscribers, that was really heartfelt. Congratulations to the winner and I hope he/she share with precious people around him/her. Thank you Konstantin, take care. Keep up your amazing content coming!
Hello Konstantin. My name is Orlando from the US. My partner and I are both professional classical musicians so our jobs and passion involve bringing living works of art to the present. As wine lovers we appreciate your knowledge and your dedication to share it. We would love to transcend space and time and enjoy a piece of culture that Schumann, Brahms, Berlioz, Verdi, or Wagner may have had the chance to experience.
Hello Konstantine! I'm Diogo from Portugal, currently working for Ritz Four Seasons in Lisbon and in the last few years I had the opportunity to try and learn a lot about wines. Being from Portugal i always had a close contact with fortified wines such as the Portos and the Madeiras and being able to try that amazing sample that you are giving away would be an honor. Last but not least thank you for sharing with all of us your knowledge and your experiences
I quit drinking alcohol 16 years ago, but always missed learning about wine. Thanks to channels like yours (and a spittoon!!) I’ve re-engaged with the world of fine wines. My friends usually ask if I feel like I waste of fine wine if I spit it out; I suggest engaging each new bottle completely lucid is the *most* respectful way to do so. I would love to try this very old wine!
I'm not a wine guy at all, but I am a history guy. Imagine if that bottle could speak.. the stories it could tell. It survived all those years, to be enjoyed by someone who truly appreciates it. I think the folks that had a part in that specific bottle would be thrilled.
Hello Konstantin, I am so happy to have found your channel and to see this video in particular! I especially love the way you described this wine. I am a vineyard manager who has worked in grape research for university and appreciate the way wine brings people together from all over the world. I am passionate about older vintages and to find the back story about each wine, how it was made, who made this wine, what was happening in this region at the time, and the other wines in this solar blend.I am sure that a taste of this wine would change my life! Pick me!
I used to organise monthly wine tastings for work colleagues and friends for many years. On one memorable occasion about 30 years ago we had an 1868 (I think) Madeira, Malmsey. It was one of the most memorable wine experiences of my life. Strangely, my neighbour at the tasting didn't like it and gave me his allocation for which I was profoundly grateful.
I only got into wine tasting during Covid, and now its my obsession, to try something like this would be a dream, but in saying that there is so many more deserving people in this channel. So I hope whomever gets to try this wine will appreciate it as much as you do Konstantin. I look forward to hearing about your tasting notes from hours/days/week from now as this wine develops
I have sold a great amount of Madeira as a sommelier, some very old. I have never had anything quite this old and certainly never had any wine from this producer. If I were honored to be selected as the winner of a sample of that bottle, I would revere it and use every tasting ability to convey the nuances of complexity. Thank you so much as always for your informative and friendly content! Cheers! :)
Konstantin! I'm a subscriber and love your channel. My favorite hobby is writing about wine. It's something I do every day. And I love the way wine can capture a time and a place. I've never had the chance to write about anything like this Madeira. It'd be an honor spend some time thinking about what was happening in the world when these grapes were picked. Thanks for doing what you do!
Despite not being a wine drinker, i enjoy watching someone that truely enjoys what they are doing and has mastered their craft. Although i don't drink, I am the wine buyer for my wife and I base my purchases on descriptions and what I learn from channels like yours. I would love having my wife enjoy the taste of a 177 year old wine. Thank you.
I watched the movie Somm tonight and afterwards decided to browse some wine videos on youtube. This is how I found your channel. I've been a big wine drinker for decades but never bothered to learn anything about it until now. I'll be checking back regularly for new content. Thanks!
I recently tried a 1986 verdicchio from Garofoli. Born the same year as me! Was an incredible experience. I couldn't even imagine what 177 year old wine would taste like. Love yourwork
I am originally from Latvia, but recently lived in Portugal for 9 months. It has been a great pleasure to enjoy Portugal and taste different kinds of wine- this country holds a very special place in my heart.. I've always been a ''old soul'' kinda person, wondering about times before I was born, the wine people drank, the stories they kept with them. This would be an amazing opportunity to experience this time-capsuled taste of Madeira through gentle sip of This Wine
Good video! and i like his channel because he does his homework and knows what hes talking about, plus i like how he breaks everything down so is eazy to understand. 👍😎🇩🇪
The best thing about your vids is your reaction when you taste something really really good, your enthusiasm and dedication to fine wines is quite compelling.
Hi Konstantin, I am a young sommelier in the Bay Area and would love nothing more than to be able to try this wine and share with my mentors that have gotten me this far through my wine journey. In any event thank you for being such a light in this community and putting in the work to bring more people into our passion!
I’d love to taste this wine because Madeira is where me and my now fiancé took our 1st holiday and we have always loved our wine from Madeira so to taste something so historic from this stunning island would be an absolute dream. I might even share it with my fiancé! Much love for you and your channel!
I find it fascinating opening old bottles. I developed this as a hobby myself looking for older wines online or on markets. I probably won't be selected but keep doing the videos. I really enjoy them.
I’ve always been intrigued by (and a little bit obsessed with) history and to taste a wine that precedes such a great part of it would be astonishing. I would love to try it just as so many other subscribers of you would. Good luck to all and keep up the great content!
When you said the bit about how they made that wine as a way to celebrate their 100 year anniversary and now your drinking it on the internet. That’s a lot deeper than it seemed. We know more about the science of wine in 2022 than they certainly did in 1845 and yet we still marvel at the feats in wine making they were able to accomplish. Well done video sir. My mother and I got into wine after watching the film Sideways many years ago and I would love to share that bottle with her.
Konstantin your presentation is an absolute 10. I saw no one that can convey a wine tasting over the screen as you do. I actually enjoy the wine you tasted in an odd way without drinking it. Compliments.
What an exceptional treat. Madeira and port are two of my favorite types of wine. Portuguese wines in general are special to me. I'd love to try this amazing bottle and share it with my fiance on my upcoming wedding night. Thanks for sharing.
I was absolutely thrilled to watch you open this beautiful bottle of Madera. I have never tasted a pre-phylloxera wine. Tomorrow I am 71 years old and would be so honored to drink some of this Madeira with my sweetheart of 50 years. Thank you for the consideration and the joy of this video.
Great Vid, thanx. My son just brought back a Madeira wine after surfing there. We will drink it on a special occasion. This seems to become a new tradition as I presented him a Port Vintage from his birth year 1997. We would be thrilled to taste this 177 year old wine.
Hello, I've been going through the darkest days of my life recently but still manage to enjoy various drinks without abusing them. I won't go into detail about how bad things are, just know that it would make things so much better to feel like I'm drinking this with you. I've only been watching your channel a few months but feel I've learned so much in that time, cheers.
Excellent stuff Konstantin! Two years ago with two friends who are wine lovers, I bought and drank an 1822 Madeira boal (not solera!). It was actually superb! Keep up the good work.
What a great idea to share this with your audience! I've always had a fascination for wines from the ungrafted times. Being born in Germany but having Portuguese parents really opened me up to both worlds of wine. This madeira bottle is history in itself, thats marvellous that you got a hold of that. Would love to hear how it tastes in a few days. Stay thirsty !
What an absolute gift it is to experience such a travel in time moment. I got goosebumps too was you experienced your first moment with such a glorious wine. With all the restrictions on travel (and working as nurse in hospital), being able to get away to travel has been near impossible. Luckily wine gives us that ability through our other senses. I’d love to take part in this experience with you.
I am not a wine guy. But I absolutely could listen to you talk about wine all day. Your passion is awesome! Just subbed and look forward to binging your videos.
I managed to keep one bottle of a wine I made in 1991, 'Sweet Melon Wine'. It was ridiculously sweet in the beginning, but after 20 years it became very rich and caramel like. There were still hints of the fruity origin. I was surprised, but after watching your channel I have better expectations of older wines. That 177 year old wine looks and sounds like it is amazing.
These videos are best enjoyed while super stoned and just enjoying the vibe and experience of the dude. Nice and relaxing with a lot of passion for wine.
1845…., that’s like a time machine in one’s mouth. Incredible! Well, as a former history student whose brother is still running the old family business that started as a furrier in 1836 it would certainly be amazing to taste a wine from that time, right before the 1848 revolution. In any case, thanks for another fascinating video. I am guessing that you would not want to cloud the taste experience with anything to eat.
Wow… my request can’t compete with the justifications put forward by others. Great content Konstantin! You’ve inspired me to expose myself to a genre of wine that I’ve not had the pleasure of experiencing yet.
What an incredible find! Wines like this really are like stepping back in time. It’s so fascinating to think what has changed in all those years. (And they’re best enjoyed with others)
Excellent video as always Konstantin. Thank you for sharing this. I would like to share a taste of this wine with my significant other to remind us of our trip to Madeira. Maybe that would convince them to go there with me again.
Wow! Seeing you open all these old wines is magical. I'd love to have a chance to taste a wine like this - I love tasting all different wines - and always look forward to trying something new. You've certainly put a lot general regions/styles to investigate and check out.
Awesome,... one of the things I love about wine is the connections to history, location and people. It's about the experience. Enjoy!! Thanks for sharing.
I had my first aged wine this year. I was a 1992 Ridge Lytton Springs. Drinking it was a life-changing experience. It was probably one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth. Based on that experience, I can't even imagine what a 177 year old wine would taste like. What a treat that would be!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us all , just loved it , I guess I’ll never think of a good enough reason for the “ Little Beauty “ but I think your a star for offering it to your subscribers, ❤
I have recently just developed my palette as a wine taster and the world of wines has opened up to me. Getting a taste of this wine would be extra special as my girlfriends family is from the the Portuguese islands and I’d love to share this with her. I’m also a huge history nerd and would love to taste a moment in time. Great video!
Hi! I found your videos a couple months ago and you were the extra motivation that I need it ! I’m about to start my sommelier education 🎉, definitely I learn a lot from you, and I share the feelings about the experience of what wine represents; history, art, culture, people, land, there is not many physical objects that let us travel in time and feel with all of our senses, and just even to see your experience is an amazing learning. I would love and appreciate a lot to experience something like it. Thank you Carlos from NYC
Hi Konstantin, my wife and look forward to your videos each week…keep it up! Here’s why I think we should get a chance to taste your Madeira…the bottle is exactly one hundred years after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Quite incredible to think that this company started up in this year. This year changed the highlands forever. Plus your description of the wine…sounded like sticky toffee pudding OMG
I Love Wine and my Favorite that I Absolutely Love is Commandaria from Cyprus. I am Grateful for you sharing this with all of us. I would Enjoy and deeply appreciate this Wine and Share it with my Family, savoring the experience in Awe and Wonder and I feel it would fill us All With Joy. Much Love and Support to You.
The oldest wine I tasted was an homemade Italian Vinsanto made in 1947. Tasted it in 2014. Can't find the correct words to describe it perfectly, one of the best experiences of my whole life.
Thank you for all you do, I so enjoy your channel and demonstrations, They are entertaining and inspiring. You so beautifully express the characteristic of the wine, aggressive, chocolate, espresso. I can taste your words . It seems an orgy of the senses. Hail Bacchus ! My daughter, who is in Biomedical Engineering in college is turning 21 this month and this would be the perfect gateway into epicurean pleasures of "finer tastes"
I just am grateful we get to see some of these bottles get opened and tasted! I love the history of wine and spirits and having someone who’s willing to open bottles like this is just a fantastic experience. It’s bottles like these that make me profoundly miss working in the wine industry because it’s more than just wine, spirit, or booze, it’s a full experience that lives on with you and through you. Side question, where can I get your waiters knife? I love the blade on it!
Dear Konstantin, I haven't been of drinking age for the last 40 years, I'm 54 and I still drink too much. Still your description sounds very inviting, with deep chocolate and coffee and mint. The other old bottle openings I have watched described leather, tobacco and vintage car interiors, I think you and whoever gets the sample will enjoy something very special.
Outstanding, i planted my grapes 3 seasons ago , this year will make first bottles with my own grapes, it was very satisfying watching you enjoy someone’s craftsmanship from so long ago❤️
Love your content Konstantin ! What an experience to taste a wine from a different era of humanity literally before the advent of electricity. I’ve been a bartender for years and I can only imagine the nuance and enjoyment you’ve experienced from this bottle.
What a wonderful video! I am fascinated with all things wine and am learning more everyday. Would love a chance to try this very special wine and taste a part of history!!
Hello Konstantin. I started my wine journey in the late 80's. I'm 55 now and old Madeira is probably my favourite wine of all. I've had several bottles of the 1845 solera over the years and have a couple remaining - the main reason being I found somewhere in the early 90's selling it at £40 a bottle! I've had other C19th madeira's in the past and still own several. Oldest vintage I have is a bottle of 1827 Quinta do Serrado Bual. Oldest solera I have is Blandy 1808 Malmsey - the base wine for that apparently is from the Faja dos Padres where the best Malmsey (Malvazia Candida) came from. I've bought a lot less during the past few years as its now getting more expensive, although in relative terms it is still a bargain compared to Bordeaux/Burgundy etc. Cheers.
That is incredible. My husband is a home winemaker for the last 15 years and we are part of a local wine making guild. He has been working a coop vineyard for 15 years and helps a local vineyard pick grapes.
Hi Konstantin! I‘m just impressed. It motivates me to buy wine and just forget it, maybe put it in an external bank storage and tell the bank to gift the wines to the grandchildren of my grandchildren in 100 years. Sadly my great great great grandfather didn‘t think about me when he was alive so I don‘t have the chance to taste such an amazing old bottle, maybe grandfather Konstantin can help? ;)
Greetings Konstantin! I am a neurologist, PhD-student and MS doctor working and living in Oslo Norway. I recently (last week) completed the full recruitment of patients to a national landmark clinical trial we started to improve the treatment of MS worldwide. This was achieved through hard work and according to plan, despite a global pandemic. I would love to share a glass of this magnificent liquid to celebrate my teams success!
Absolutely loved seeing this video because I recently inherited a bottle of 1825 S Madeira along with a few other vintage ports. I knew a little about the ports but had no idea what the bottle that simply had only “1825 S” on it was. I never imagine it was the actual year until I did some research on it. It is coming up on its 200th birthday. Definitely a prized possession at our house!
hello konstantin Baum, i am a 19 years old wine enthousiast and i love sharing and tasting. i can not tell you how exiting it would be for me to tasted this wine and to share this with my fellow co workers from the wine shop that i work in. i am very exited. regards Feike Kooistra
I am not a sommelier, but I am a home cook who has an absolute fascination with extremely old, preserved foods. I have a japanese yakitori sauce that is over a year old, which I hope to keep safe to eat for decades to come. Fermented foods, preserved foods, dried foods, and alcohol especially fascinates me, that we can create food that isn't just safe to eat for many many years, but can sometimes even age well and improve over time. I'd love to try drinking something older than I think I'd ever encounter in my life.
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I would be so excited to taste the wine, since I'm a very big fan of yours!🍷
Wow, it's an amazing experience to get the opportunity to watch such a great wine master taste this wine, let alone salivate at the prospect of tasting it! The first wine I loved and have a clear memory of was a Madeira I shared with my Dad, and so I'd love to now have the opportunity to share something special and memorable with him.
I am 25 and I have been obsessed with wine and your channel, Im studying for my WSET and learning everything I can! I would love to have something like this to propel my wine journey and have a benchmark wine tasting
I’m training as a Somm right now and I can’t imagine trying a wine that old. That would be probably the oldest bottle I ever try. It would be an honor and a once in a lifetime experience to me if you chose me. I love watching your videos, they give such insight into the world of wine, thank you for sharing your experience on camera.
No whine education (yet), no sommelier (yet). I’m just an enormous fan of wine and i would love to share this with my friends/family. Thanks for the great content!
This is extraordinary! I would like to start by saying that I’ve been watching you for a while now and you’ve played a huge role in making wine one of my biggest interests alongside history, food and music. It would be an outer worldly experience for me to combine all of my favorite interests in one tasting. To travel back in time and really experience something from the time I’ve only read about in the books. And at the same time sharing a drinking experience with you. Even though I might not get to taste this wine, please continue making videos. I watch them all, thank you!
Love your video's Konstantin! I've always been a wine fan since my days of cooking in fine dining restaurants but your channel has helped me renew my passion for it. I have been drinking many more different types of wines and that taster of Madeira would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to try! Thanks for you work and your passion towards all things wine.
Tasting that wine would be a dream. I have a master's degree in wine management and I am the beverage director at a private country club currently. I love the video as always and I love hearing the feedback on every wine you try!
I’m from Finland and I’ve just turned 18. I’ve been studying wine for years and now I’m finally able to try wines. My grandpa and my dad are both wine lovers and collectors. They have taught me a lot about wines and let my try all kinds of wines. I would love to try this madeira 1845 to get a broader perspective of wine and share it with my dad and grandpa.
For am moment I thought: Damn, I should have watched this video earlier because it would have made one of my biggest dreams come true (to drink a wine from the 19th centuary) but when I go through the comments I am pretty happy that the wine went to Kevin as a gift for his grandfather because I cannot imagine much better reasons to send this wine to someone like this. Hope he liked it.
Hey my name is Martin and im coming from Slovenia, i love your videos. Im curently ending study of viticulture and enology. Tasting this part of enology history would be for me one of a kind experience. Recently i’v had a degustation of Porto/Madeira wine with higher % of alcohol. And this fantastic pice of history woul open me completly new world.
It's amazing when you open a bottle of history, if you can keep this as a series where you explain a bit about the wine as you did here ;) Well, since you are giving up a bit of that beautiful Madero Wine, my name is Thiago and I'd love to give it a try! Wine has always been my favorite drink until I was diagnosed with G6PD (which is a hereditary disease where certain substances cause hemolysis) and my doctor told me that I wouldn't be able to drink wine anymore... Years have passed without a single drop of wine until early this year new studies said that wine isn't dangerous for people with G6PD, so thankfully I started my hobby all over again and that's where I found your channel! That said, since I live in Brazil it's really difficult to get good wine for the value, taxes are just too high to experience good terroir... I would love to have this bit of Madero to drink with my Grandfather Paulo (the one who introduced me to wine for the first time), as a way to thank him and to celebrate my return to the wine world :)
Unbelievable, I feel like drinking old wine when I drink something from 2006. I can’t imagine this tasting so good. Please do a follow up video after 3 days!
Yes, please do a follow up after a couple of days + maybe do a tasting with one of your friends! Thank you for great and unpretentious wine drinking and commentary 👍🏻
really cool video - Honestly at 33 I'm just now getting into wine, so I may not be the most worthy taster, but your description of this wine is beautiful. Would love to experience it.
A 177 year old Madeira wine, A treasure of the finest kind, Aged to perfection, so rich and divine, A liquid history, one of a kind. Its amber hue, a sight to behold, A aroma that's rich, deep, and bold, A taste that's complex, with layers untold, A flavor that's timeless, never growing old. This wine has seen the world change and evolve, It's witnessed wars and peace, and all that it involves, It's traveled far and wide, and been involved, In many a toast and celebration, it has dissolved. So let us raise a glass, to this wine so grand, A 177 year old Madeira, a treasure in hand, Let us savor its flavor, and understand, The beauty that lies within, so finely spanned.
Wine for me is all about memorable moments, I remember tasting a 1934 Martinez vintage port for my mothers 70th birthday (she was born in 1934 as so it was a special treat for her), tasting this wine I think would allow me to generate another "vintage" memory, tasting something so special and unique, a true once in a lifetime experience! If I don't win I will still enjoy your fascinating insight into all things wine, thanks @Konstantin Baum!
Just amazing and really appreciate what you have done here! 177 years is a really long time and I cannot fathom what is was like to live in that era. Only something like this is able to allow us to enter the time machine to catch a "glimpse" what what life was like back then. It is certainly a unique opportunity and one that will be treasured by the lucky winner! Prost and Felicidades!
i would love to try that wine, always wanted to try the old wines you are tasting! Always wanted to drink them while listing to one of my early 20's radios! Love your channel, and the amazing wines you come across!
I would just love to try a wine that old. Just got into the wine industry/culture this year and it has motivated me to start reading and learning again. I love who I work with and I’m overwhelmed with the information they have to offer, it’s been a great time.
Dear Konstantin, I'd love to have a sniff & sip of this 1845 Madeira as it's the year I was born in. Unfortunately, there are not that many bottles left from that time, as I've drunk most of them in my youth. Giving me the opportunity to share with you this 1845 beauty would be magnificent. Actually that might encourage me to share with you the secret of how to still enjoy wines in the year 2222. Sincerely, Dr. Acula
I'm getting married in a few weeks and would love to share this with my Dad who will be officiating. Growing up he always kept old wines he had collected and we both shared a love for fortified wines (port, madeira, sherry, etc.). It'd be amazing to share such an experience with him. Regardless, another great bit of content from you and I really appreciate your insights.
Bros been real quiet after they found the 1700 year old wine
What about the Speyer wine bottle from 325 AD
Hello Konstantin,
I am Madeiran by blood, 2nd generation of a migrant family. I stumbled across your video purely by accient.
Thank you so much for making this video. When you started describing the tastes of the wine, specifically the banana, and the sugar cane syrup, the stories that my grandfather used to tell me about his father making wine hit me like a truck.
My great grand father lived on the cliff sides in Madeira, he had a banana plantation, sugarcane farm and a small vineyard. The sugarcane was turned into treacle, which is used to make a traditional cake called bolo de mel. I have no doubtthat his wine would have tasted similiar to this one.
We have old video of him in his late ninties laughing, drinking and sharing his wine with our family amidst the banana trees. These memories came flooding vack immediatly when you began describing the wine, which I never expected. So thank you.
That’s a beautiful story!
My great grandfather is turning 95 this year, and he's a big wine lover. I think him trying something that's older than him for once would be an outlandish experience
I did this for my father, a bottle of madeira from his birth year. Rare Wine Company has some awesome library wines.
Hope this wine will get someone who really like and need this.
Get this wine to this gent!
@@lukasweichert974 They do. Just recently had the Boston Madeira and looking to purchase the Washington Madeira variety. Solid Madeira wines.
Seems like a hell of a quest. ^^ I defer.
I’m probably the youngest fortified wine enthusiast in Australia at 27… Nobody in Australia under the age of 60 drinks fortified wine and it’s difficult to get great quality here. But I’ve loved all sorts of fortified wines ever since first White Port in Mudgee almost a decade ago. I love the complexity and boldness that can be packed into a fortified wine. I also love the history of wine, and am considering becoming a sommelier one day. I would love nothing more than to try this incredible Madeira.
What an incredible find to still have a great bottle after all these years. Being able to share it with so many people is a wonder of our time. I really appreciate that you bring so much expertise into this very rare tasting. I’ve been collecting wine for the past 15 years as a hobby and only in the last few years have I really experienced the potential of aged wine. That’s only after 5 to 10 years in cellar. I can’t imagine how interesting it was to taste something that old in the Madiera. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with all of us.
Ahhh the SteveMRE of alcohol
Konstantin, Thank you for such a great video. We (my wife and I) love watching you open these old bottles and drinking them. Feels like we are there with you.
Hi Konstantin. My name is Tiago, I'm Brazilian. A wine lover and member of the Brazilian Sommelier association. I can only imagine the transcendent pleasure you must have had from drinking wine like this. I would spend a lot to experience that too. I would taste it as a toast and commemoration of the end of the War of the Farrapos that took place in 1845. A conflict that put an end to the separatist anxieties of the southern states in Brazil.
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If this wine actually comes to Brazilian soil, I hope it ends up with you Tiago. Good luck!
Vai Brasil!!
And toast to 200 years of Independence of Brasil!
@@feliperodriguescruz1794 I second this.
Hi Konstantin, I have just discovered your channel and I really enjoy your content. This incredible tasting here must have been absolutely magical. The oldest wine I have ever tasted was a 1959 Mouton. This has left a picture of a million colors in my head that I can still almost see perfectly. I cannot even begin to imagine the kind of souvenir a 177 years old Madera left in your mind. It was also so extremely kind of you to share it with one of your subscribers, that was really heartfelt. Congratulations to the winner and I hope he/she share with precious people around him/her. Thank you Konstantin, take care. Keep up your amazing content coming!
Hello Konstantin. My name is Orlando from the US. My partner and I are both professional classical musicians so our jobs and passion involve bringing living works of art to the present. As wine lovers we appreciate your knowledge and your dedication to share it. We would love to transcend space and time and enjoy a piece of culture that Schumann, Brahms, Berlioz, Verdi, or Wagner may have had the chance to experience.
Hello Konstantine! I'm Diogo from Portugal, currently working for Ritz Four Seasons in Lisbon and in the last few years I had the opportunity to try and learn a lot about wines. Being from Portugal i always had a close contact with fortified wines such as the Portos and the Madeiras and being able to try that amazing sample that you are giving away would be an honor. Last but not least thank you for sharing with all of us your knowledge and your experiences
I quit drinking alcohol 16 years ago, but always missed learning about wine. Thanks to channels like yours (and a spittoon!!) I’ve re-engaged with the world of fine wines. My friends usually ask if I feel like I waste of fine wine if I spit it out; I suggest engaging each new bottle completely lucid is the *most* respectful way to do so. I would love to try this very old wine!
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always informative. Thank you🙏🏻
I'm not a wine guy at all, but I am a history guy.
Imagine if that bottle could speak.. the stories it could tell.
It survived all those years, to be enjoyed by someone who truly appreciates it. I think the folks that had a part in that specific bottle would be thrilled.
Me: sooooo tell me about yourself.
Bottle: tbh I was stuck in a cabinet for 150 years and forgotten about.
But the bottle can't remember much, as it is drunk most of the time
you fucking donut it was in a fucking barrel
It would say I’ve been in a cellar for a long time
It probably would say kill meeeeee
Hello Konstantin, I am so happy to have found your channel and to see this video in particular! I especially love the way you described this wine. I am a vineyard manager who has worked in grape research for university and appreciate the way wine brings people together from all over the world. I am passionate about older vintages and to find the back story about each wine, how it was made, who made this wine, what was happening in this region at the time, and the other wines in this solar blend.I am sure that a taste of this wine would change my life! Pick me!
I used to organise monthly wine tastings for work colleagues and friends for many years. On one memorable occasion about 30 years ago we had an 1868 (I think) Madeira, Malmsey. It was one of the most memorable wine experiences of my life. Strangely, my neighbour at the tasting didn't like it and gave me his allocation for which I was profoundly grateful.
I only got into wine tasting during Covid, and now its my obsession, to try something like this would be a dream, but in saying that there is so many more deserving people in this channel. So I hope whomever gets to try this wine will appreciate it as much as you do Konstantin.
I look forward to hearing about your tasting notes from hours/days/week from now as this wine develops
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I have sold a great amount of Madeira as a sommelier, some very old. I have never had anything quite this old and certainly never had any wine from this producer. If I were honored to be selected as the winner of a sample of that bottle, I would revere it and use every tasting ability to convey the nuances of complexity. Thank you so much as always for your informative and friendly content! Cheers! :)
Konstantin! I'm a subscriber and love your channel. My favorite hobby is writing about wine. It's something I do every day. And I love the way wine can capture a time and a place. I've never had the chance to write about anything like this Madeira. It'd be an honor spend some time thinking about what was happening in the world when these grapes were picked. Thanks for doing what you do!
Despite not being a wine drinker, i enjoy watching someone that truely enjoys what they are doing and has mastered their craft. Although i don't drink, I am the wine buyer for my wife and I base my purchases on descriptions and what I learn from channels like yours. I would love having my wife enjoy the taste of a 177 year old wine. Thank you.
I watched the movie Somm tonight and afterwards decided to browse some wine videos on youtube. This is how I found your channel. I've been a big wine drinker for decades but never bothered to learn anything about it until now. I'll be checking back regularly for new content. Thanks!
I recently tried a 1986 verdicchio from Garofoli. Born the same year as me! Was an incredible experience. I couldn't even imagine what 177 year old wine would taste like. Love yourwork
Wine is always best when shared - so nice to connect and share across the world! Love your work mate and learning a lot about old-age wine/traditions.
I am originally from Latvia, but recently lived in Portugal for 9 months. It has been a great pleasure to enjoy Portugal and taste different kinds of wine- this country holds a very special place in my heart.. I've always been a ''old soul'' kinda person, wondering about times before I was born, the wine people drank, the stories they kept with them. This would be an amazing opportunity to experience this time-capsuled taste of Madeira through gentle sip of This Wine
If my country holds a very special place in your ❤️you are in our hearts special place too….
Good video! and i like his channel because he does his homework and knows what hes talking about, plus i like how he breaks everything down so is eazy to understand. 👍😎🇩🇪
The best thing about your vids is your reaction when you taste something really really good, your enthusiasm and dedication to fine wines is quite compelling.
Hi Konstantin, I am a young sommelier in the Bay Area and would love nothing more than to be able to try this wine and share with my mentors that have gotten me this far through my wine journey. In any event thank you for being such a light in this community and putting in the work to bring more people into our passion!
I’d love to taste this wine because Madeira is where me and my now fiancé took our 1st holiday and we have always loved our wine from Madeira so to taste something so historic from this stunning island would be an absolute dream. I might even share it with my fiancé!
Much love for you and your channel!
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I find it fascinating opening old bottles. I developed this as a hobby myself looking for older wines online or on markets. I probably won't be selected but keep doing the videos. I really enjoy them.
I’ve always been intrigued by (and a little bit obsessed with) history and to taste a wine that precedes such a great part of it would be astonishing. I would love to try it just as so many other subscribers of you would. Good luck to all and keep up the great content!
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When you said the bit about how they made that wine as a way to celebrate their 100 year anniversary and now your drinking it on the internet. That’s a lot deeper than it seemed. We know more about the science of wine in 2022 than they certainly did in 1845 and yet we still marvel at the feats in wine making they were able to accomplish. Well done video sir. My mother and I got into wine after watching the film Sideways many years ago and I would love to share that bottle with her.
Konstantin your presentation is an absolute 10. I saw no one that can convey a wine tasting over the screen as you do. I actually enjoy the wine you tasted in an odd way without drinking it. Compliments.
What an exceptional treat. Madeira and port are two of my favorite types of wine. Portuguese wines in general are special to me. I'd love to try this amazing bottle and share it with my fiance on my upcoming wedding night. Thanks for sharing.
I was absolutely thrilled to watch you open this beautiful bottle of Madera. I have never tasted a pre-phylloxera wine. Tomorrow I am 71 years old and would be so honored to drink some of this Madeira with my sweetheart of 50 years. Thank you for the consideration and the joy of this video.
There are some Chilean wines that are phyloxera free
Great Vid, thanx. My son just brought back a Madeira wine after surfing there. We will drink it on a special occasion. This seems to become a new tradition as I presented him a Port Vintage from his birth year 1997. We would be thrilled to taste this 177 year old wine.
Hello, I've been going through the darkest days of my life recently but still manage to enjoy various drinks without abusing them. I won't go into detail about how bad things are, just know that it would make things so much better to feel like I'm drinking this with you. I've only been watching your channel a few months but feel I've learned so much in that time, cheers.
Excellent stuff Konstantin! Two years ago with two friends who are wine lovers, I bought and drank an 1822 Madeira boal (not solera!). It was actually superb! Keep up the good work.
What a great idea to share this with your audience! I've always had a fascination for wines from the ungrafted times. Being born in Germany but having Portuguese parents really opened me up to both worlds of wine. This madeira bottle is history in itself, thats marvellous that you got a hold of that. Would love to hear how it tastes in a few days. Stay thirsty !
I’d share it with my Father who loves Fortified Wines and Red wine!! Love you channel. 😍😍😍 Keep up the great work!!
What an absolute gift it is to experience such a travel in time moment. I got goosebumps too was you experienced your first moment with such a glorious wine. With all the restrictions on travel (and working as nurse in hospital), being able to get away to travel has been near impossible. Luckily wine gives us that ability through our other senses. I’d love to take part in this experience with you.
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I am not a wine guy. But I absolutely could listen to you talk about wine all day. Your passion is awesome! Just subbed and look forward to binging your videos.
I managed to keep one bottle of a wine I made in 1991, 'Sweet Melon Wine'. It was ridiculously sweet in the beginning, but after 20 years it became very rich and caramel like. There were still hints of the fruity origin. I was surprised, but after watching your channel I have better expectations of older wines. That 177 year old wine looks and sounds like it is amazing.
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These videos are best enjoyed while super stoned and just enjoying the vibe and experience of the dude. Nice and relaxing with a lot of passion for wine.
1845…., that’s like a time machine in one’s mouth. Incredible!
Well, as a former history student whose brother is still running the old family business that started as a furrier in 1836 it would certainly be amazing to taste a wine from that time, right before the 1848 revolution.
In any case, thanks for another fascinating video. I am guessing that you would not want to cloud the taste experience with anything to eat.
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not quite. the wine doesnt taste like it would have in 1845. but cool none the less.
Wow… my request can’t compete with the justifications put forward by others. Great content Konstantin! You’ve inspired me to expose myself to a genre of wine that I’ve not had the pleasure of experiencing yet.
What an incredible find! Wines like this really are like stepping back in time. It’s so fascinating to think what has changed in all those years. (And they’re best enjoyed with others)
Excellent video as always Konstantin. Thank you for sharing this.
I would like to share a taste of this wine with my significant other to remind us of our trip to Madeira. Maybe that would convince them to go there with me again.
Wow! Seeing you open all these old wines is magical. I'd love to have a chance to taste a wine like this - I love tasting all different wines - and always look forward to trying something new. You've certainly put a lot general regions/styles to investigate and check out.
Awesome,... one of the things I love about wine is the connections to history, location and people. It's about the experience. Enjoy!! Thanks for sharing.
I had my first aged wine this year. I was a 1992 Ridge Lytton Springs. Drinking it was a life-changing experience. It was probably one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth. Based on that experience, I can't even imagine what a 177 year old wine would taste like. What a treat that would be!
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us all , just loved it , I guess I’ll never think of a good enough reason for the “ Little Beauty “ but I think your a star for offering it to your subscribers, ❤
I have recently just developed my palette as a wine taster and the world of wines has opened up to me. Getting a taste of this wine would be extra special as my girlfriends family is from the the Portuguese islands and I’d love to share this with her. I’m also a huge history nerd and would love to taste a moment in time. Great video!
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"the Portuguese islands"
Weird thing to say
Aka you're an alcoholic
Hi! I found your videos a couple months ago and you were the extra motivation that I need it ! I’m about to start my sommelier education 🎉, definitely I learn a lot from you, and I share the feelings about the experience of what wine represents; history, art, culture, people, land, there is not many physical objects that let us travel in time and feel with all of our senses, and just even to see your experience is an amazing learning. I would love and appreciate a lot to experience something like it.
Thank you
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Hi Konstantin, my wife and look forward to your videos each week…keep it up! Here’s why I think we should get a chance to taste your Madeira…the bottle is exactly one hundred years after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Quite incredible to think that this company started up in this year. This year changed the highlands forever. Plus your description of the wine…sounded like sticky toffee pudding OMG
I Love Wine and my Favorite that I Absolutely Love is Commandaria from Cyprus. I am Grateful for you sharing this with all of us. I would Enjoy and deeply appreciate this Wine and Share it with my Family, savoring the experience in Awe and Wonder and I feel it would fill us All With Joy. Much Love and Support to You.
The oldest wine I tasted was an homemade Italian Vinsanto made in 1947. Tasted it in 2014. Can't find the correct words to describe it perfectly, one of the best experiences of my whole life.
So fun that you will share this wine! That's what's drinking wines etc is all about.
I am getting to love this channel more and more Konstantin! Thanks for sharing Portuguese wine with the world! :D
Thank you for all you do, I so enjoy your channel and demonstrations, They are entertaining and inspiring. You so beautifully express the characteristic of the wine, aggressive, chocolate, espresso. I can taste your words . It seems an orgy of the senses. Hail Bacchus !
My daughter, who is in Biomedical Engineering in college is turning 21 this month and this would be the perfect gateway into epicurean pleasures of "finer tastes"
I just am grateful we get to see some of these bottles get opened and tasted! I love the history of wine and spirits and having someone who’s willing to open bottles like this is just a fantastic experience. It’s bottles like these that make me profoundly miss working in the wine industry because it’s more than just wine, spirit, or booze, it’s a full experience that lives on with you and through you.
Side question, where can I get your waiters knife? I love the blade on it!
Dear Konstantin, I haven't been of drinking age for the last 40 years, I'm 54 and I still drink too much. Still your description sounds very inviting, with deep chocolate and coffee and mint. The other old bottle openings I have watched described leather, tobacco and vintage car interiors, I think you and whoever gets the sample will enjoy something very special.
Wow, fun. How amazing to be able to taste something made so long ago and for it to be so good. Thank you for your videos.
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Outstanding, i planted my grapes 3 seasons ago , this year will make first bottles with my own grapes, it was very satisfying watching you enjoy someone’s craftsmanship from so long ago❤️
Love your content Konstantin ! What an experience to taste a wine from a different era of humanity literally before the advent of electricity. I’ve been a bartender for years and I can only imagine the nuance and enjoyment you’ve experienced from this bottle.
What a wonderful video! I am fascinated with all things wine and am learning more everyday. Would love a chance to try this very special wine and taste a part of history!!
Hello Konstantin. I started my wine journey in the late 80's. I'm 55 now and old Madeira is probably my favourite wine of all. I've had several bottles of the 1845 solera over the years and have a couple remaining - the main reason being I found somewhere in the early 90's selling it at £40 a bottle! I've had other C19th madeira's in the past and still own several. Oldest vintage I have is a bottle of 1827 Quinta do Serrado Bual. Oldest solera I have is Blandy 1808 Malmsey - the base wine for that apparently is from the Faja dos Padres where the best Malmsey (Malvazia Candida) came from. I've bought a lot less during the past few years as its now getting more expensive, although in relative terms it is still a bargain compared to Bordeaux/Burgundy etc. Cheers.
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That is incredible. My husband is a home winemaker for the last 15 years and we are part of a local wine making guild. He has been working a coop vineyard for 15 years and helps a local vineyard pick grapes.
That is awesome, Michael! Best of luck to you both and may the guild recognize and reward your hard work.
Hi Konstantin! I‘m just impressed. It motivates me to buy wine and just forget it, maybe put it in an external bank
storage and tell the bank to gift the wines to the grandchildren of my grandchildren in 100 years. Sadly my great great great grandfather didn‘t think about me when he was alive so I don‘t have the chance to taste such an amazing old bottle, maybe grandfather Konstantin can help? ;)
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Greetings Konstantin! I am a neurologist, PhD-student and MS doctor working and living in Oslo Norway. I recently (last week) completed the full recruitment of patients to a national landmark clinical trial we started to improve the treatment of MS worldwide. This was achieved through hard work and according to plan, despite a global pandemic. I would love to share a glass of this magnificent liquid to celebrate my teams success!
Absolutely loved seeing this video because I recently inherited a bottle of 1825 S Madeira along with a few other vintage ports. I knew a little about the ports but had no idea what the bottle that simply had only “1825 S” on it was. I never imagine it was the actual year until I did some research on it. It is coming up on its 200th birthday. Definitely a prized possession at our house!
hello konstantin Baum, i am a 19 years old wine enthousiast and i love sharing and tasting. i can not tell you how exiting it would be for me to tasted this wine and to share this with my fellow co workers from the wine shop that i work in. i am very exited.
regards
Feike Kooistra
I am not a sommelier, but I am a home cook who has an absolute fascination with extremely old, preserved foods. I have a japanese yakitori sauce that is over a year old, which I hope to keep safe to eat for decades to come. Fermented foods, preserved foods, dried foods, and alcohol especially fascinates me, that we can create food that isn't just safe to eat for many many years, but can sometimes even age well and improve over time. I'd love to try drinking something older than I think I'd ever encounter in my life.
I would be so excited to taste the wine, since I'm a very big fan of yours!🍷
Wow, it's an amazing experience to get the opportunity to watch such a great wine master taste this wine, let alone salivate at the prospect of tasting it! The first wine I loved and have a clear memory of was a Madeira I shared with my Dad, and so I'd love to now have the opportunity to share something special and memorable with him.
I am 25 and I have been obsessed with wine and your channel, Im studying for my WSET and learning everything I can! I would love to have something like this to propel my wine journey and have a benchmark wine tasting
I’m training as a Somm right now and I can’t imagine trying a wine that old. That would be probably the oldest bottle I ever try. It would be an honor and a once in a lifetime experience to me if you chose me. I love watching your videos, they give such insight into the world of wine, thank you for sharing your experience on camera.
No whine education (yet), no sommelier (yet). I’m just an enormous fan of wine and i would love to share this with my friends/family.
Thanks for the great content!
This is extraordinary! I would like to start by saying that I’ve been watching you for a while now and you’ve played a huge role in making wine one of my biggest interests alongside history, food and music. It would be an outer worldly experience for me to combine all of my favorite interests in one tasting. To travel back in time and really experience something from the time I’ve only read about in the books. And at the same time sharing a drinking experience with you. Even though I might not get to taste this wine, please continue making videos. I watch them all, thank you!
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Love your video's Konstantin! I've always been a wine fan since my days of cooking in fine dining restaurants but your channel has helped me renew my passion for it. I have been drinking many more different types of wines and that taster of Madeira would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to try! Thanks for you work and your passion towards all things wine.
Tasting that wine would be a dream. I have a master's degree in wine management and I am the beverage director at a private country club currently. I love the video as always and I love hearing the feedback on every wine you try!
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I’m from Finland and I’ve just turned 18. I’ve been studying wine for years and now I’m finally able to try wines. My grandpa and my dad are both wine lovers and collectors. They have taught me a lot about wines and let my try all kinds of wines. I would love to try this madeira 1845 to get a broader perspective of wine and share it with my dad and grandpa.
For am moment I thought: Damn, I should have watched this video earlier because it would have made one of my biggest dreams come true (to drink a wine from the 19th centuary) but when I go through the comments I am pretty happy that the wine went to Kevin as a gift for his grandfather because I cannot imagine much better reasons to send this wine to someone like this. Hope he liked it.
Hey my name is Martin and im coming from Slovenia, i love your videos.
Im curently ending study of viticulture and enology. Tasting this part of enology history would be for me one of a kind experience. Recently i’v had a degustation of
Porto/Madeira wine with higher % of alcohol. And this fantastic pice of history woul open me completly new world.
It's amazing when you open a bottle of history, if you can keep this as a series where you explain a bit about the wine as you did here ;)
Well, since you are giving up a bit of that beautiful Madero Wine, my name is Thiago and I'd love to give it a try! Wine has always been my favorite drink until I was diagnosed with G6PD (which is a hereditary disease where certain substances cause hemolysis) and my doctor told me that I wouldn't be able to drink wine anymore... Years have passed without a single drop of wine until early this year new studies said that wine isn't dangerous for people with G6PD, so thankfully I started my hobby all over again and that's where I found your channel! That said, since I live in Brazil it's really difficult to get good wine for the value, taxes are just too high to experience good terroir... I would love to have this bit of Madero to drink with my Grandfather Paulo (the one who introduced me to wine for the first time), as a way to thank him and to celebrate my return to the wine world :)
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Thank you!
Unbelievable, I feel like drinking old wine when I drink something from 2006. I can’t imagine this tasting so good. Please do a follow up video after 3 days!
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Yes, please do a follow up after a couple of days + maybe do a tasting with one of your friends! Thank you for great and unpretentious wine drinking and commentary 👍🏻
Fake bottle most likely. Not joking. This stuff is knocked off all the time
really cool video - Honestly at 33 I'm just now getting into wine, so I may not be the most worthy taster, but your description of this wine is beautiful. Would love to experience it.
A 177 year old Madeira wine,
A treasure of the finest kind,
Aged to perfection, so rich and divine,
A liquid history, one of a kind.
Its amber hue, a sight to behold,
A aroma that's rich, deep, and bold,
A taste that's complex, with layers untold,
A flavor that's timeless, never growing old.
This wine has seen the world change and evolve,
It's witnessed wars and peace, and all that it involves,
It's traveled far and wide, and been involved,
In many a toast and celebration, it has dissolved.
So let us raise a glass, to this wine so grand,
A 177 year old Madeira, a treasure in hand,
Let us savor its flavor, and understand,
The beauty that lies within, so finely spanned.
You are so gay
wow that was so gay
Wine for me is all about memorable moments, I remember tasting a 1934 Martinez vintage port for my mothers 70th birthday (she was born in 1934 as so it was a special treat for her), tasting this wine I think would allow me to generate another "vintage" memory, tasting something so special and unique, a true once in a lifetime experience! If I don't win I will still enjoy your fascinating insight into all things wine, thanks @Konstantin Baum!
Just amazing and really appreciate what you have done here! 177 years is a really long time and I cannot fathom what is was like to live in that era. Only something like this is able to allow us to enter the time machine to catch a "glimpse" what what life was like back then. It is certainly a unique opportunity and one that will be treasured by the lucky winner! Prost and Felicidades!
That sounds amazing! I’ve never had a Madeira, but would love to try this - those flavours sound incredible! 😊
How did the plastic cork top ended up on this bottle from 1845!?
I was wondering the same thing?
Precious Wine Preservation Agency - Time Travel Unit
Because it’s shellac, typically pitch black and oxidizes hence why it’s so powdery. Was common for sealed products
i would love to try that wine, always wanted to try the old wines you are tasting! Always wanted to drink them while listing to one of my early 20's radios! Love your channel, and the amazing wines you come across!
This wine is even older than the United States civil war
I would just love to try a wine that old. Just got into the wine industry/culture this year and it has motivated me to start reading and learning again. I love who I work with and I’m overwhelmed with the information they have to offer, it’s been a great time.
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5:24 that's plastic...
Shellac, was commonly used for seals
Hi, I can feel your pleasure , it’s making me smile. Thanks so much.
Dear Konstantin, I'd love to have a sniff & sip of this 1845 Madeira as it's the year I was born in. Unfortunately, there are not that many bottles left from that time, as I've drunk most of them in my youth. Giving me the opportunity to share with you this 1845 beauty would be magnificent. Actually that might encourage me to share with you the secret of how to still enjoy wines in the year 2222. Sincerely, Dr. Acula
Bro what
@@agarwalanshu29 It's a Dracula/Vampire reference.
thank you for sharing this video! I can only imagine how exciting this is!
Awesome video my favorite of your videos are your old wine tastings and this one was great too!
I'm getting married in a few weeks and would love to share this with my Dad who will be officiating. Growing up he always kept old wines he had collected and we both shared a love for fortified wines (port, madeira, sherry, etc.). It'd be amazing to share such an experience with him.
Regardless, another great bit of content from you and I really appreciate your insights.
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