Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 Size::6 Bottle Case they had a ‘cold soak

they had a ‘cold soak maceration’ before fermentation began

Less juniper centric

often combining seaweed and other natural preparations to fertilize his vines

An edgy wine

Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 Size::6 Bottle Case they had a ‘cold soakAromatic interest is great here, with complex tea smells lifting out of caramelised date richness. There's a waft of herb and grilled bread, nuts and polished timbers all adding significant interest to the sweetness. The palate is rich and lush, perfectly balancing old concentrated pruney sweetness with fresher, grapier, perfumed and lifted sweetness, yet no heaviness or cloying. There's graceful earthiness in the sweetness and the acid outruns the