Vintage Wines of Cossart Gordon - Cossart Gordon

Bual 1958

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2006

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Bual 1958 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 48 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. Only 1500 bottles of this wine were released.

Specification: Alcohol: 20% ABV pH: 3.57 Residual Sugar: 105.5 g/l Total Acidity: 9.20 g/l tartaric acid

Tasting Notes: Deep chestnut colour with a golden rim. Complex and intense, characteristic Madeira bouquet of dried fruits, toffee, wood and vanilla with notes of tropical fruit and nuts. Medium sweet and smooth with a long and exuberant finish.

Press Comments:

“Red, foxy colour. Wonderfully rich and concentrated without any excessive astringence. Bonfire topnote on great concentration of sweetness and vivacity. Great hit of appetising healthy richness. A strange suggestion of Bandaid is probably not worth mentioning as it, oddly, does nothing to detract from the pleasure! It’ s delicious, amazingly fresh and very, very long.”
Purple Pages, Jancis Robinson, February 2003

“Intense aroma with loads of lemony vanilla, toasted almonds and walnut shell in a very fine and elegant ensemble. Very good acidity on the palate, dry, concentrated and with a long finish.”
Portuguese Wines no 25, Luís Lopes, May 2003, Best wines from each region

Sercial 1960

Grape Varieties: Sercial

Bottling Year: 2006

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Sercial 1960 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged in 650 lts seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. The present bottling of the reminiscent 880lt of this excellent wine, which was kept on our lodges at Mercês, was bottled in April 2006 and produced 1169 bottles.

Specification: Alcohol: 21% ABV pH: 3.45 Residual Sugar: 56.32 g/l Total Acidity: 9.75 g/l tartaric acid

Tasting Notes: Deep chestnut colour with a golden rim. Intense with an aroma of licorice. Dried fruits and spicy aromas. Rich and concentrated, balanced by a citrus backbone that ensures a luxurious long finish. An outstanding Sercial.

Bual 1961

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2004

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1961 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 43 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. Only 1,291 bottles of this wine were released.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 21% Total Acidity: 8.90 g/l (tartaric acid) pH: 3.48 Baumé (20oC): 3.4 Reducing Sugar: 94,7 g/l

Tasting Notes: Clear, golden brown colour with a golden green nuance, slow teardrop. Characteristic Madeira bouquet, good intensity, complex with notes of wood and caramel, resins, toffee and spices (vanilla and curry) dried fruits and hazelnut. Medium sweet, concentrated, smooth, bodied, good balance, complex and long warm aftertaste with resins and wood. The aftertaste is long, making it a meditation wine.

Bual 1962

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2015

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1962 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 53 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. Only 1,104 bottles of this wine were released.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 21% Total Acidity: 10.50 g/l (tartaric acid) pH: 3.30 Baumé (20oC): 4.9 Reducing Sugar: 121 g/l

Tasting Notes: Crafted by Francisco Albuquerque, the Bual 1962 is the perfect example of a world class vintage Madeira. Visually, it's dark amber colour, with golden hue, greenish rim, and the magnificent slow teardrop, are warm and embracing, calling us to sit down and enjoy. Dense and concentrated, this vintage has the typical bouquet of old Madeira's. Exuberant on the nose, its bouquet is extremely complex, with noticeable balsamic notes, cedar wood, cigar box, spices, dark chocolate, caramelized orange peel, dried passion fruit, roasted nuts and old brandy. The mouth feel is wonderfully rich, yet vibrantly fresh. Extremely concentrated, and complex, this wine has noticeable notes of spices and resin. The aftertaste is long and lingering, making it a meditation wine.

Press Comments:

“Offers a spicy aroma, with zesty flavors of apricot, citrus and apple that feature plenty of pastry notes. Pure and direct, featuring a finish loaded with white chocolate, hazelnut and slate accents. Powerfully fresh. Drink now through 2040. 90 cases made.”
KM, April 2016

Reviews:

Wine & Spirits Magazine – February 2016 edition (“Years Best Madeira”) – 96 Points
Wine Spectator Magazine – February 2016 edition – 94 Points

Bual 1969

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2004

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1969 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 35 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol: 21% ABV pH: 3.42 Residual Sugar: 90.6 g/l Total Acidity: 8.8 g/l tartaric acid

Tasting Notes: Deep chestnut colour with golden reflections. Complex and intense, with a characteristic Madeira bouquet of dried fruits, toffee, wood and vanilla with notes of coffee and nuts. Medium sweet and smooth with a long and exuberant finish.

Press Comments:

“Mid-mahogany; singed nose, verging on the aromas of an autumnal bonfire; fine and focused, rich in concentration and texture, beautifully balanced by fresh steely acidity. A relative youngster that stands up well in this company.”
Richard Mayson, Fine Wine, December 2006

Awards:

Gold Medal – IWC 2005

Verdelho 1973

Grape Varieties: Verdelho

Bottling Year: May 2000

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Verdelho 1973 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 27 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. Only 2,498 bottles of this wine were released.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 20% Total Acidity: 8.1 g/l (tartaric acid) pH: 3.35 Baumé (20oC): 1.9 Reducing Sugar: 73.2 g/l Extract Content (excluding sugar): 25.0 g/l

Tasting Notes: Clear, topaz colour with a golden green nuance, fugacious foam, slow teardrop. Characteristic Madeira bouquet, good intensity, complex with notes of phenolic flavours of wood, balsamic and dry fruits. Medium dry, fresh and bodied, complex and long warm aftertaste with resins and wood. Very concentrate.

Press Comments:

“Burnt sugar, fresh tobacco, clove, lime peel and wet rocks on the nose. Smoky, less sweet taste than the Leacock’s and a more dense style, the Cossart Gordon appeals to those in search of a richer style of Verdelho. Fine length and refreshing acidity.”
Niklas Jorgensen, www.madaboutmadeira.org, April 2010

Verdelho 1975

Grape Varieties: Verdelho

Bottling Year: March 2004

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Verdelho 1975 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 29 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled. Only 2,667 bottles of this wine were released.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 20% Total Acidity: 6.6 g/l (tartaric acid) pH: 3.46 Baumé (20oC): 2.0 Reducing Sugar: 69.7 g/l Extract Content (excluding sugar): 69.7 g/l

Tasting Notes: Topaz colour with a golden green rim. Complex and intense bouquet of Madeira with notes of wood and dried fruits. Medium dry and full bodied with a long oaky finish.

Press Comments:

“Medium tawny/gold colour. Seems a bit flabby and displaying too much flat oxidation at first, and a teacake fruitiness only emerges reluctantly. The palate has a biscuity richness and quite a thick texture, with plenty of sweetness. There's a lot of warmth and a Demerara sugar depth and toffeed sweetness here, but the grapefruity acidity is tangy and precise into the finish. 91 points.”
Tom Cannavan, www.wine-pages.com, August 2007

“Medium amber color with a yellow rim. For a 30 year old youngster, this shines. Bracing acidity and a much drier Verdelho which I prefer. Silky in the mouth, elegant caramel and toasted almonds with a finish that is exceptional in complexity, but the aftertaste does not linger like a great Verdelho. 92+ Points.”
Roy Hersh, “For the love of Port”, March 2005

Bual 1976

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: May 1998

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vntage Bual 1976 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 22 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol: 20% ABV pH: 3.57 Residual Sugar: 105.5 g/l Total Acidity: 9.20 g/l tartaric acid Extract Content (excluding sugar): 24 g/l

Tasting Notes: Topaz colour with golden reflections. Characteristic bouquet of toffee, wood and vanilla with notes of spices and dried fruits. Very rich, smooth and full-bodied. Well balanced and a long spicy aftertaste.

Bual 1987

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2016

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1987 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 29 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 21.1% Volatile Acidity: 1.38 g/l Total Acidity: 10.07 g/l (tartaric acid) pH: 3.36 Baumé (20oC): 3.3 Reducing Sugar: 89 g/l

Tasting Notes: Topaz colour with glints of gold. Rich, smooth texture, a characteristic bouquet of toffee, wood and vanilla with notes of spices and dried fruits. Fine and focussed, with good balance and a long spicy aftertaste.

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Sercial 1985

Grape Varieties: Sercial

Bottling Year: 2018

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Sercial 1985 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 33 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditional ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 20% Volatile Acidity: 0,9 g/l Total Acidity: 8.85 g/l (tartaric acid) Residual Sugar: 54 g/l Volumetric Mass: 1003 g/l

Tasting Notes: Golden topaz color with glints of old gold. Characteristic with notes of exotic smokey wood, very old brandy and spices aromas. On the mouth it’s dry, fresh, have a racy acidity and a long length with notes of walnuts, old brandy and balsamic.

Press Comments:

Wine Enthusiast’s - 95 Points
Wine Spectator - 95 Points

Frankly dry, with singed almond, walnut and alder notes leading the way, backed by sesame, sandalwood and date flavors.
A lingering hint of Brazil nut adds length and cut. Drink now. From Portugal.—J.M.

Wine&Spirits- 96 Points

Bual 1989

Grape Varieties: Bual

Bottling Year: 2018

Product Description: Cossart Gordon’s Vintage Bual 1989 is a single harvest Madeira. This wine was aged for 29 years in seasoned American oak casks in the traditonal ‘Canteiro’ system, whereby the casks were gradually transferred from the top floors of the lodge, where it is naturally warmer, to the middle floors and eventually to the ground floor where it is cooler. The wine was regularly racked and when it reached the desired stage of maturity it was bottled.

Specification: Alcohol by Volume: 21% Volatile Acidity: 1,35 g/l Total Acidity: 9.60 g/l (tartaric acid) Residual Sugar: 89 g/l Volumetric Mass: 1017 g/l

Tasting Notes: A Classic Cossart Gordon Vintage. Ambar color with golden highlights. Characteristic with notes of spices, old brandy, zesty tropical fruits and walnuts. On the mouth is rich, fresh with complex long length and a perfect balanced by a very fine acidity.

Press Comments:

Wine Enthusiast’s - Editor Choice - 96 Points
Wine&Spirits - 93 Points