Name: d'Oliveira Boal 1987 750ml
Brand: D'oliveira
SKU: 794884
Price: 414.94 USD
Availability: InStock

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Varietal Boal

Boal (or Bual in English) is a white grape variety best known for its role in Madeira wine, where it produces a medium-sweet, richly textured fortified wine. Grown primarily on the island of Madeira, Boal thrives in the warmer, lower-altitude vineyards, allowing it to develop its signature balance of sweetness and acidity. What makes Boal unique is its complex flavor profile and exceptional aging potential. As a medium-sweet Madeira, it sits between Verdelho (drier) and Malmsey (sweeter) in style. Boal Madeira is characterized by caramelized citrus, dried fruit, nuts, spice, and toffee notes, with bright acidity that prevents it from feeling overly heavy. The canteiro aging process, where barrels mature in warm conditions, enhances its oxidative, nutty complexity. Boal Madeira pairs beautifully with nut-based desserts, fruit tarts, and blue cheese, offering a luxurious and layered drinking experience. Its balance of sweetness, acidity, and depth makes it one of Madeira’s most beloved styles.

Country Portugal

Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.

Region Madeira

The beautiful and sun-drenched island of Madeira, found off of the north west coast of Africa and which are part of Portugal, have long been the home to one of the world's most loved and widely drank fortified wines, named after the island itself. Madeira is a fascinating island, and one which played an important role in the discovery of the wider world, as it was a vital port between Europe and Africa, or the Americas to the west. The island has been producing wines since the 17th century, when the fortified wine it is famous for was first made, by adding grape spirits to still wines in order to stop it from turning bad on the long sea voyages. Today, the island still has a rich wine industry, helped by the almost tropical oceanic climate it enjoys, and the exceptional soils which support a wide range of grape varietals.