Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 91yo) 1968 Size::6 Bottle Case yet while the vine is

yet while the vine is still feeding the berries with water and nutrients so before the fruit starts to dehydrate

preceding a lively palate with a chiselled minerality and impeccably sustained finish

braised pork or roast pork

Unfortified again

Bright acidity lifts the juiciness of the fruit with resulting length and persistence

Frasqueiras Reservas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 91yo) 1968 Size::6 Bottle Case yet while the vine isMusky, 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