Terrantez 1880
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Ready to drink now, with the potential to be kept and enjoyed indefinitely due to its virtually immortal nature.
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Aged blue cheese, dark chocolate, roasted walnuts
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The Pereira D'Oliveira Terrantez 1880 is a legendary monument in the history of wine. Terrantez is a notoriously low-yielding, thin-skinned grape that is nearly extinct on the island of Madeira, making any surviving vintage highly prized. This extraordinary Frasqueira was aged for over a century in seasoned oak casks in the family's Funchal cellars under the traditional canteiro system, where gentle warmth naturally concentrated its sugars, acidity, and complex aromatics. The wine is celebrated for its hauntingly complex bouquet of dried orange peel, dark spices, beeswax, and mahogany, balanced by a searing, vibrant acidity and the classic, slightly bitter-sweet finish characteristic of the Terrantez grape. It represents a liquid time capsule from a bygone era of Portuguese winemaking.
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Founded in 1850 by João Pereira d'Oliveira, Pereira D'Oliveira is an independent, family-owned Madeira house based in the historic heart of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Currently managed by the fifth generation of the D'Oliveira family, the house is legendary for its unparalleled library of extremely rare, old vintage Madeiras dating back to the mid-19th century. Their wines are aged traditionally in seasoned oak casks using the canteiro method, allowing them to develop extraordinary complexity, vibrant acidity, and legendary longevity. The house is highly revered for its exceptional, single-harvest expressions of noble varieties including Sercial, Verdelho, Boal, Malvasia, and the rare Terrantez.