Madeira 1845 Cossart Gordon & Co Centerary Bual Solera

Bual, Solera, Centenary

The Madeira 1845 Cossart Gordon & Co Centenary Bual Solera is a fortified wine produced in Madeira, Portugal by the oldest company in the Madeira wine trade, Cossart Gordon & Co., which was founded in 1745. The company was initially established by Scotsmen Francis Newton and William Gordon and later joined by William Cossart in 1808.

The Centenary Bual Solera is a special edition wine that has been aged through a solera system, a process where younger wines are blended with older wines in a fractional blending system to create a final product with a consistent taste profile. The 1845 Cossart Gordon Bual Centenary Solera Madeira has a coffee color and a cloudy appearance with a greenish rim. It has complex aromas of singed rubber and coffee, while its flavors include chocolate, molasses, and lime notes. The wine is rich and aggressive, with tangy balancing acidity and a bitter chocolate finish. It received a rating of 92 points from Win

e Spectator. The wine is intended to be consumed between 1965 and 2028.