Cossart Gordon 10 Years Malmsey Full Rich Madeira (500ML)
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Warm chestnut color with golden highlights. Lifted, complex aroma of dried fruits, toffee and spices. Sweet, concentrated, full in the mouth with layers of mellow fruits, orange-like citrus and spices, and a long delicious finish.
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This soothing, ripe balm is richly textured with toffee and old wood flavors. It has great richness, balancing the acidity and orange marmalade fruitiness with the maturity of wood aging.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The new release of Cossart Gordon's NV Malmsey 10 Year Old is showing well, offering up aromas of sultanas, figs, mocha and ripe peaches. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and textural, it's nicely proportioned, with a fleshy core of fruit but lively balancing acids. This is a fine example of the category, even if this shipper's five-year-old Malmsey nips at its heels.
Cossart, Gordon & Co. was established by Francis Newton, a young Scot, in 1745 and is the oldest company in the Madeira wine trade. By 1850, the firm was said to be shipping "half the growth of the island" leading to the company acquiring an unequaled reputation as suppliers of fine Madeiras. In 1808, the Scottish dominance over the firm was broken with the arrival of William Cossart, an Irishman descended from a distinguished Huguenot family of France. The title of the firm eventually became known as the now world-famous Cossart, Gordon & Co. The Cossart family has remained among the most influential on the island for nearly two centuries.