D'Oliveira Boal 1968
Region: Madeira
Producer: Pereira D'Oliveira Vinhos Lda.
Why we chose this wine
1968: the year the crew of Apollo 8 became the first to orbit the Moon. A Madeira from this vintage is a living piece of history — a wine that has been ageing for generations, owing its character to decades of patient cask maturation.
Boal
also written as Bual creates a semi-sweet wine. Most vineyards can be found in Calheta and Camara de lobos with +/- 18 hectares planted. It is one of the easiest grapes because its sweetness makes the wine more accessible.
Boal
also written as Bual creates a semi-sweet wine. Most vineyards can be found in Calheta and Camara de lobos with +/- 18 hectares planted. It is one of the easiest grapes because its sweetness makes the wine more accessible.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Boal |
| Drinking window | Now - ∞ |
| Serveren bij | Served between 14-15°C, a wonderful match for aged cheese, foie gras, chocolate desserts, or simply enjoyed as a contemplative wine after dinner. |
| Alc. | 20.0% |
| Vinification | Fortified wine (cessation of the fermentation process by adding alcohol). |
| Ripening | Long aging in old barrels (Canteiro) in an oxidative environment (barrels are never refilled). |
What the critics say
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
91/ 100
Published 15-10-2020
“The 1968 Boal Reserva is showing nicely, wafting from the glass with aromas of dates, candied peel, sultanas, beeswax and toasted pecans. Full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's generous and charming, with a fleshy core of fruit, nicely integrated mid-palate sweetness and a bittersweet, somewhat warm finish.”
— William Kelley, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The producer
Pereira D'Oliveira Vinhos Lda.
In the hands of the same family since 1850, now in its fifth generation. D'Oliveira keeps 1.5 million litres of old Madeira in cask, with vintages reaching deep into the 19th century: classic Madeira, made the way it used to be.