Medium Dry 10 YO
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
French onion soup, roasted almonds, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the historic house of Pereira D'Oliveira, this 10-Year-Old Medium Dry Madeira represents a beautiful marriage of tradition and the unique island terroir of Madeira. The wine undergoes the traditional canteiro aging process, where it is placed in seasoned oak casks and matured in the warm upper lofts of the cellars in Funchal. This gentle, natural heating coaxes out rich, oxidative complexities over a decade. Historically, Madeira's unique character was discovered during the Age of Discovery, when wines fortified for long sea voyages returned tasting remarkably improved from the heat of the tropics. Today, D'Oliveira honors this legacy, producing a medium-dry style characterized by a brilliant amber hue, vibrant acidity, and a complex bouquet of dried orange peel, toasted nuts, and subtle spice.
🍾 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.
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
19%