Terrantez Medium Dry Frasqueira
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Virtually immortal; these exceptional Frasqueiras are ready to drink upon release but will continue to evolve and improve for 50 to 100+ years.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
French onion soup, roasted nuts and cured meats, aged hard cheeses
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Terrantez is one of Madeira's most legendary and enigmatic grape varieties, once nearly extinct due to its low yields and susceptibility to disease. Local folklore warns, 'The grapes of Terrantez, do not eat them nor give them away, for wine God made them,' highlighting its esteemed status. Pereira D'Oliveira's Medium Dry Frasqueira releases represent the pinnacle of this variety's expression. Aged slowly in seasoned oak casks under the traditional canteiro system in Funchal, these vintage wines develop a mesmerizing complexity. Terrantez is celebrated for its unique sensory profile: a rich, medium-dry entry of dried citrus, spice, and burnt sugar, which dramatically transitions into a long, dry, and famously bitter-medicinal finish reminiscent of walnut skins and dark tea.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.