| Producer | Villa Oeiras |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Carcavelos |
| Varietal | Other |
| Sku | 35376 |
| Size | 500ml |
500ml Bottle - 2/3 of a "regular" 750ml bottle. Once one of the great fortified wines of Portugal, today this is the last remaining producer of Carcavelos - a wine made of native grapes, fortified while still a touch sweet, and then aged like tawny Port with plenty of oxidization. It drinks like a mellow Madeira, loaded with toasted hazelnut, burnt sugar, fig, orange peel and dried apricot aromas and flavors and finishing vibrant, mouthwatering, and super long. A fine match for almond cookies or cake, great with cheeses, and a winner with savory seafood soups.
“This blend of Galego Dourado, Arinto and Ratinho is aged for 15 years in wood and comes from Portugal's smallest appellation. The long wood aging of this wine has given it an intensity that comes from great concentration. It has a beautiful texture and touches of honey and spice that are memorable.”
“Fortified. Arinto, Galego Dourado and Ratinho grown on limestone. The Superior gets much longer time ageing in barrel than the straight Carcavelos. This blend spent an average of 14 to 15 years in Portuguese and French oak barrels. Deep orangey gold. This smells much more like a Fino-Amontillado sherry – really nutty and complex in its obviously oxidative style. But there's also the sweetness of bitter toffee. Huge and massively intense wine with some alcoholic heat but even that is hidden behind the concentrated flavour of thick-cut mature Seville marmalade. So much power and intensity and yet still fresh. It went brilliantly with Cheddar, the only hard cheese I had to hand in these times of lockdown.”
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