D'Oliveiras Madeira, 1994 Madeira Wine

Verdelho

Bottle size: 75cl

ABV: 20%

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Description

The Verdelho grapes for this 1994 medium-dry Madeira from D'Oliveiras were carefully handpicked and aged by the canteiro method creating a medium sweet fortified wine with fragrant aromas of brown sugar, liquorice, soft burnt caramel, marzipan, smoky tar, and Creme Brulee.

On the palate, its crisp acidity marries wonderfully with brown spices, raisins, lavender, and caramel leading into a lovely finish with steely crunchy acidity and a timeless tangerine echo! A distinct style, full of contrasts and complexities.

Serving & Food Pairing:
Once opened, Madeira wine can last for many months if stored in the correct conditions. Serve your Verdelho Madeira chilled at 12-13ºC and pair with sesame breadsticks, blue cheeses and pickles, with fresh fruit such as apples and bananas or with Espada, Madeira's delicate white fish often served lightly battered and accompanied by lightly battered banana fried in butter and a fresh salad.

D'Oliveiras
One of the oldest and most prestigious Madeira wine producers, located on the Portuguese island of Madeira. The company was founded in 1850 by João Pereira d'Oliveira and has been producing high-quality Madeira wines ever since. D'Oliveiras is known for its range of Madeira wines, including vintage Madeiras, single varietal Madeiras, and blends. They are particularly famous for their rare and exceptional vintage Madeiras, some of which date back to the 19th century.
D'Oliveiras Madeira wines are highly sought after by wine enthusiasts and collectors around the world.

How to store your Madeira:
Due to its wine making method, Madeira can last for many years and even centuries. Please store upright away from direct sunlight and just below room temperature.

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*Bottled in 2023

Condition

Excellent

Reviews

The wine is made with purchased Verdelho. After 5-6 days of fermentation, the must is rectified to approx. 20% ABV with 96% ABV grape spirit to halt the fermentation. The fortified wine is transferred to old oak casks which are moved to age in Canteiros, ie. in warm warehouses in which the wines age in casks that are never topped up. 20% alcohol. Bottled in 2019, after 25 years of aging.

Deep, slightly reddish amber color with a chestnut-brown hue. The nose feels fascinating, at once having this kind of dusty, dry and vaguely woody patina to it, yet at the same time having quite rich, sweet-toned overtones. There are aromas of creamy custard and peanut butter, some orange marmalade, light smoky tones, a little bit of slivered almonds, a hint of dried dates, an oxidative touch of roasted chestnuts and a whiff of marzipan. The wine feels quite concentrated, firm and incredibly piercing on the palate with a moderately full body and incisive, bracing acidity. There are medium-dry to medium-sweet flavors of caramel, lemony citrus fruits, some bruised Granny Smith apple, light pithy notes of grapefruit bitterness, a little bit of grape juice, a hint of oxidative nuttiness and a concentrated touch of creamy custard character. The racy acidity lends exceptional sense of structure and electric energy to the wine. The finish is crisp, very intense and noticeably drier than compared to the midpalate with very lengthy flavors of lemony citrus fruits, some caramel tones, a little bit of crunchy green apple and apple peel bitterness, light nutty notes of almonds and marzipan, a hint of steely minerality and a sweet touch of dried dates.

An exceptional, precise and very tangy Frasqueira Verdelho that combines wonderfully rather modest levels of residual sugar sweetness and piercing, incisive acidity that is very typical of Madeira - even more so with Sercials and Verdelhos with some age!
Although the wine says "Dry", technically it is far from it. However, it's stunning how that racy acidity offsets so much of that sweetness that the wine appears so much drier than it actually is - especially the aftertaste feels remarkably dry and palate-cleansing, even if this is a relatively sweet fortified wine. A beautiful wine where the brisk, lemony and appley qualities of a young Verdelho have not been completely overrun by the aged patina. Lovely stuff indeed. Forceberry- Cellar tracker 2022

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