Harvest Boal
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2090
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, roasted nuts
✨ Technical Specifications
The Harvest Boal (often labeled as Colheita) from Pereira D'Oliveira represents a single-vintage snapshot of one of Madeira's most expressive noble grapes. Grown primarily on the steep, sun-drenched volcanic terraces of the island's southern coast, the Boal grape thrives in warmer microclimates, yielding a medium-sweet style characterized by a profound tension between rich sugar levels and searing, electric acidity. Historically, Madeira's unique character was forged by accident during long, hot sea voyages across the equator; today, this gentle thermal oxidation is replicated on land. D'Oliveira's Harvest bottling showcases this historic process beautifully, offering a complex tapestry of burnt orange peel, dark caramel, dried figs, and exotic spices, all supported by a smoky, volcanic minerality that has captivated collectors for generations.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1850 by João Pereira d'Oliveira, Pereira D'Oliveira is an esteemed, independent family-owned Madeira house based in the historic center of Funchal on Madeira Island, Portugal. Renowned for its vast reserves of historic library stocks acquired through family heritage and the assimilation of notable historic lodges, the house practices traditional canteiro aging in seasoned oak casks, allowing natural warmth to slowly concentrate and mature the wines over decades or even centuries. Under generations of family stewardship, the house crafts exceptionally long-lived, complex fortified wines renowned for their vivid acidity and depth, spanning dry to luscious styles made from noble varieties including Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malvasia, and legendary rare bottlings of Terrantez.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Boal
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
19-20%