Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2013, 106yo) 1907 sauternes food-friendly whites

food-friendly whites

the wine spreads fast and evenly

intense varietal flavour with a trademark long

Medium to full in body

The nose is complex with tertiary aromas of roasted cashew and subtle oak underpinned with powerful primary fruit characters of grapefruit

Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2013, 106yo) 1907 sauternes food-friendly whitesDeeply woody and bricky, this opens to tea, fine adobe, honey and pippy sweetness, with lantana herbals and chocolate. The treacly richness exists within an amazing aromatic liveliness, thanks in part to a rainwater juicy freshening lift. Very deep in the mouth, the palate interplays marmalade and molasses, with lots of complex volatile development character and wood spice, yet still showing primary citrus through fine toffee. The palate leads with