Volume 72: Macarthur family correspondence relating to wine, 1846-1900: No. 496

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[Page 496]

Memorandum of 12 Cases Wine marked J&WMcA  Nos 1 to 12
 

  No 1  4 dozn FM 1840 1
Light [indecipherable] wine but Stronger & with more flavour than No 4                         2 } 4 doz FM 1841 2
3 }  4  "       "   
Much the same as No 2 scarcely so highly flavoured 4 }  3 "  M1841   3
5 }  3          "   
Light agreeable dinner wine 6 }  3  B  1841 4
7 }  3   "     "  
Rich flavoured wine 8 }  3  F 1842 5
9 }  3   "     "  
Stronger & with more flavour than No 5 10 } 4  F  1843 6
11 } 4  "      "  
6 bottles each of the foregoing 6 sorts 12  
6 Bottles Riesling 1844 Marked No 7    
6       "       F  1844             "       No 8    
Total 42 dozn -- @ 12/. 25.4.0  
12 Cases @ 5/6 ---------- 3.6.0    
Carriage of do  Sydney --1.16.0    
Packing  &c ----------------- 0.10.0    
[Total] £30.16.0  

No 7 & 8 in sample case are of the produce of 1844 & not yet ripe enough for bottling they are considered to be of more promising [indecipherable] than any of the others No 4 & 6 will probably after [indecipherable] from the voyage but

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