Moscatel Graudo
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, fruit tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
An extraordinary rarity in the landscape of Madeira, Moscatel Graúdo (the local name for Muscat of Alexandria) represents a historic and highly limited style of fortified wine. While the island is renowned for its classic noble grapes, Pereira D'Oliveira holds some of the most precious, ancient casks of Moscatel in existence. Grown on warm, sun-drenched coastal terraces, the grapes undergo fermentation before being fortified and subjected to the traditional canteiro aging process in seasoned oak casks. Over decades of slow, oxidative maturation in Funchal's warm lofts, the grape's intense floral and citrus blossom aromas evolve into a dark, complex elixir. It reveals layers of dried figs, molasses, exotic spices, and black tea, all brilliantly lifted by Madeira's hallmark vibrant acidity.
🍾 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
Moscatel Graúdo
🍷 ABV
19% - 20%