preceding a lively palate with a chiselled minerality and impeccably sustained finish
braised pork or roast pork
Great length of flavour with an enjoyable finish warmed by alcohol and an edge of sweetness
Bouquet: Ripe black cherry with forest floor overtones
like all their Côtes du Rhône wines
Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 91yo) 1968 Size::6 Bottle Case preceding a lively palate withMusky, 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