Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 Size::1 Bottle with an almost opaque background

with an almost opaque background and cherry-red edging

vertical ovoid mouthfeel has focus and frame shift and blur between acid and tannin

but there is also an inky core that is pure Beaujeu

This is a beauty and brims with resonant succulent fruit and has an appealing succulence and brightness that fans of this estate will recognize

Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 Size::1 Bottle with an almost opaque backgroundAromatic 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