Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 91yo) 1968 Size::6 Bottle Case the wines brings a smile

the wines brings a smile and finishes with a satisfying minerally zing

preceding a lively palate with a chiselled minerality and impeccably sustained finish

Bouquet: Ripe black cherry with forest floor overtones

yet while the vine is still feeding the berries with water and nutrients so before the fruit starts to dehydrate

Bright acidity lifts the juiciness of the fruit with resulting length and persistence

Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 91yo) 1968 Size::6 Bottle Case the wines brings a smileMusky, concentrated old jar preserves lead the nose of sweet plums layered with earth and bourbon wood, and freshened with olive brine and smoked tea. Balsam and old cupboard timbers give depth and relieve the sweetness. The palate has great complexity, mixing old hay, silk, tobacco, tea leaf, resin and fine choc nut. Full but nutty sweetness and concentration hit a peak just past mid palate and then slowly grade out and back. Has a leathery, haggard