Moscatel
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, fruit tarts
✨ Technical Specifications
While Madeira is famous for its noble grapes, the rare Moscatel bottlings from Pereira D'Oliveira represent some of the most exotic and legendary treasures of the island. Moscatel Gra)do (Muscat of Alexandria) was historically planted in small quantities, but phylloxera and changing fashions made it exceptionally scarce. D'Oliveira is one of the few houses to have preserved historic parcels of this varietal, aging them in seasoned oak casks under the traditional canteiro system. Over decades of gentle heating in the warm lofts of Funchal, the wine undergoes a magical transformation. The inherent floral and grapey aromatics of Moscatel fuse with the intense, oxidative complexity of long wood aging, resulting in a dark, viscous nectar balanced by Madeira's signature electric 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
🍷 ABV
19-20%