Dry 10 YO
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
salted almonds, French onion soup, aged sheep's milk cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Pereira D'Oliveira's 10-Year-Old Dry Madeira is a masterclass in tension, acidity, and oxidative complexity, crafted primarily from the high-acid Sercial grape grown on the steep, volcanic terraces of Madeira. This wine undergoes the traditional canteiro aging process, where it rests in seasoned oak casks in the warm lofts of Funchal, gently concentrating over a decade. This slow, natural heating coaxes out savory, nutty, and citrus-peel complexities while preserving the searing, electric acidity that defines the dry Madeira style. Historically, these dry styles were favored as aperitifs in the grand dining rooms of Europe and the American colonies, celebrated for their ability to stimulate the palate and survive indefinitely in bottle.
🍾 About the Producer
Pereira D'Oliveira (widely known simply as D'Oliveira) is one of Madeira's most historic and revered independent shippers, established in 1850 by João Pereira D'Oliveira. Anchored in central Funchal within cellars dating back to 1619, the house is directed by the fifth and sixth generations of the D'Oliveira family, with managing director Luís D'Oliveira and head winemaker Filipe D'Oliveira preserving ancestral practices. While historically cultivating vineyards in São Martinho, the house now sources grapes from over one hundred long-contracted growers farming rugged, steep volcanic terraces across the subtropical Atlantic island. D'Oliveira's vinous signature is defined by exceptional power, bracing natural acidity, and unmatched oxidative concentration achieved through classical canteiro aging in ancient oak vats. The lodge holds one of the planet's most formidable libraries of vintage Madeira, bottling centuries-old Frasqueiras on demand, led by monumental vintage bottlings of Sercial, Verdelho, Boal, Malvazia Cândida, and extraordinarily rare aged expressions of Terrantez, Moscatel, and single-harvest Tinta Negra.
🍇 Grapes
Sercial
🍷 ABV
19%