Original sentence: They were indeed magnificent - a madère de retour des Indes ('Madeira of the Return from the Indies'), a fortified wine to survive the long journey from the Indies, a Xérès 1821, a Château d'Yquem 1847, a Roederer champagne which Alexandre II all but eulogized as he drained the last drop, next a Chambertin 1846, a Margaux 1847, a Château Latour of the same year, and to finish a Château Lafite 1848
Edited sentence: They were indeed magnificent - a madère de retour des Indes ('Madeira of the Return from the Indies'), a Madeira fortified wine to survive the long journey from the Indies, a Xérès 1821, a Château d'Yquem 1847, a Roederer champagne which Alexandre II all but eulogized as he drained the last drop, next a Chambertin 1846, a Margaux 1847, a Château Latour of the same year, and to finish a Château Lafite 1848