DOliveira Madeira 5 years medium sweet
€ 22.80
| Producer | D'Oliveiras |
| Region | Madeira |
| Grapes | Tinta Negra |
| Ageing | 5 years old (blend) |
| Alcohol | 19%vol |
| Serving | 15-18°C, no need to decant Store upright, keeps for months once opened |
A 5-year-old medium-sweet Madeira from the traditional house of D’Oliveiras.
Tasting note
Dark dried dates and caramelised honey, with a juicy attack and a fresh finish.
The story
Long sea voyages are no longer used to age Madeira. The estufa method is often used instead: hot water runs through a coil in a steel tank and heats the wine for 90 days, or the wine is kept for six months to a year in a room with steam pipes. The finest Madeiras, however, are made with no heating other than the sun and time. Madeira is unique and probably the longest-lived wine in the world.
Madeira was originally made from four grapes, each giving its own style: Sercial dry, Verdelho medium dry, Bual medium sweet and Malmsey sweet.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
Excellent with cheese, fresh tropical fruit, fruit tarts, butter biscuits, ice cream and cake. A wonderful dessert wine.
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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