Terrantez
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich game consommé, aged sheep's milk cheeses, roasted nuts and dried fruits
✨ Technical Specifications
Terrantez is one of the most legendary and rarest grape varieties of Madeira, famously celebrated in the local Portuguese proverb, 'As uvas de Terrantez, não as comas nem as dês, para vinho Deus as fez' (Neither eat nor give away Terrantez grapes, for God made them for wine). Known for its extremely low yields and delicate nature, the variety nearly faced extinction, making any old bottling highly prized. Pereira D'Oliveira's Terrantez is crafted in the traditional medium-dry style, aged slowly in seasoned oak casks under the warm canteiro system in Funchal. This patient, decades-long oxidative aging coaxes out an extraordinary aromatic profile characterized by dried citrus peel, exotic spices, dark honey, and a distinctive, noble bitter-orange finish balanced by searing, vibrant acidity.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Terrantez
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
19-20%