DOliveira Madeira 15 years dry
€ 68.90
| Producer | D'Oliveiras |
| Region | Madeira |
| Grapes | Tinta Negra, Sercial |
| Ageing | 15 years old (blend) |
| Alcohol | 19%vol |
| Serving | 11-12°C, no need to decant Store upright, keeps for months once opened |
A 15-year-old dry Madeira from the traditional house of D’Oliveiras.
Tasting note
A delicious aperitif wine with a lovely aroma of nuts, wholemeal and green apple. Fine and textured on the palate, with dried tropical fruit and subtle smokiness.
The story
Madeira was originally made from four grapes, each giving its own style: Sercial dry, Verdelho medium dry, Bual medium sweet and Malmsey sweet. Today most Madeiras are made from Tinta Negra, sometimes with a little of the traditional varieties. The four styles still exist, but are now named by taste: dry, medium dry, medium sweet and sweet.
Food pairing
Its elegant fruit makes this dry Madeira ideal as an aperitif, with starters, olives and smoked ham.
The producer
D’Oliveiras (Pereira D’Oliveira) is one of the most traditional Madeira houses and is still owned by the founding family, whose roots lie in São Martinho, above Funchal. Through the purchase of other houses, the oldest of them founded in 1820, D’Oliveiras holds the island’s largest stock of old vintages, going back to 1850. In 1968 the brothers Aníbal and Luís D’Oliveira joined the firm, which then began to export. Since Aníbal’s death in 2017, Luís and Aníbal’s son Filipe have carried on the house.
The house is convinced that Madeira ages best in cask. Old vintages therefore stay in wood, and only as much is bottled as is needed. D’Oliveiras was one of the first on the island to print the bottling year on the back label. The lodge is on Rua dos Ferreiros in old Funchal, in buildings dating back to 1619.
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