# 1840 Tokaji and # 1770 Madeira created one of the best ever emotions

[alan_weinberg]

Thank you !
My friend has sent me pictures of bottles from 3 periods : 1700 - 1720 / 1720 - 1740 / 1740 - 1760.
And the most probable date for the bottle of Madeira is 1740. This is 30 years younger than my estimation and correspond to the French King Louis XV.
If you are interested the bottles can be seen at this address :

Joël a fait des recherches sur la bouteille de Madère 1770 | Académie des vins anciens

though back in the day, bottles were often reused.

[Eric_Ifune]

Interesting glass bottle for the Madeira. Given it appears quite old, that was close the period when fortification began to be done systematically. (About the turn of the 18th century) Both the 1715 JCA Terrentez and the 1720 Borges Pather are in newer bottles. (Bottled from demijohns) I’ve seen one tasting note for the Pather which wondered if it was originally Moscatel.