1979 D'Oliveira Boal Vintage Madeira - medium sweet

€ 390.00

Bouquet of toffee and raisins. Sweet, with notes of walnuts, dates, caramel, coupled with traits of orange peel and tangerine. Delicious balance between sweetness and acidity. Wonderful intensity, impeccable balance and stunningly long finish.

These vintage or frasqueira wines are the top wines of Madeira. The maturation potential is almost unlimited.

This madeira of the highest quality must have been in barrels for at least 20 years plus two years in bottles before it can be sold. This wine used to be called vintage madeira. A frasqueira must consist entirely of one of the top varieties that are mentioned on the label, together with the harvest and bottling year. Frasqueiras always come from one good harvest year. They have undergone a mild temperature treatment and have been stored in wooden barrels for a long time. After bottling, the quality of frasqueira does not change anymore. These madeira wines are inventoried, given their uniqueness.

Food-pairing

Cheeses such as blue cheeses, Stilton, Gruyere, manchego, & Emmenthal. Dried fruits.

Crème Brulee, caramel desserts made with apples, apricots, pecans, cherries, almonds, hazelnuts, dried figs & vanilla ice cream desserts. The perfect companion to a pipe, cigar or aromatic tobacco.

Grapes

Boal (Bual)

Alcoholcontent

19,5%

Store & Serve

Keep your bottle of Madeira wine upright, away from direct sunlight, and it will last forever.

The acids of Madeira are so strong that they will attack the cork if the bottle is stored lying down

Serve: 18°C

Madeira is a wine that has matured for several years in an oxidative environment, and then enters a reductive environment during bottling. It is therefore useful to open the bottles a few hours in advance. Madeira wines are indestructible and have the fascinating ability to remain in excellent condition for centuries. Once opened, a bottle of Madeira wine will remain in perfect condition for months, if not years. So, don't hurry to finish the bottle. That is, if you can resist :-)

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