Verdelho
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked salmon, roasted duck, hard cheeses like Comte
✨ Technical Specifications
The Verdelho of Pereira D'Oliveira represents one of the most compelling expressions of Madeira's medium-dry style. Sourced primarily from the cooler, high-altitude vineyards of the island's northern coast, such as São Vicente, the Verdelho grape thrives in volcanic soils kissed by salty Atlantic winds. D'Oliveira subjects these wines to the traditional canteiro aging process, storing them in seasoned oak casks in warm lofts where they undergo gentle, decades-long oxidation and evaporation. This slow concentration yields a wine of astonishing complexity, marked by a signature smoky undertone, bright acidity, and notes of dried apricots, orange peel, and beeswax. Historically, Verdelho was the most widely planted noble grape on the island before the phylloxera epidemic of the late 19th century, and D'Oliveira's library of old Verdelho vintages is unmatched, preserving liquid history in every bottle.
🍾 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
Verdelho
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
19-20%