Old Wine Reserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, pecan pie, roasted almonds
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Old Wine Reserva' from Pereira D'Oliveira represents the timeless tradition of Madeira winemaking, crafted by one of the island's most revered historic lodges. Located in Funchal, D'Oliveira utilizes the traditional canteiro system, where wines are aged in seasoned oak casks in warm lofts under the gentle heat of the sun. This slow, oxidative process mimics the historic sea voyages of the 17th and 18th centuries, during which barrels of wine were transformed by the tropical heat of ship holds. This Reserva showcases the house's signature style: a masterful balance of intense, searing acidity and deep, concentrated complexity. It offers a sensory journey through notes of dried figs, burnt orange peel, toasted nuts, and dark caramel, underpinned by a powerful saline minerality that reflects Madeira's volcanic soils.
🍾 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.