Frasqueiras Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 26yo) 1987 deviation-road citrus and peach

citrus and peach

Grapes for our Gutsriesling are harvested from the areas bordering our top classified sites on the Kiedrich Gräfenberg

so the wine is showing wonderful complexity that this vine development brings

The final is sappy served by delicate tannins and a great freshness

gravelly loam over sandstone with some clay loam patches

Frasqueiras Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 26yo) 1987 deviation-road citrus and peachRich, raisined fruits are figgy with touches of maraschino and fat walnuts in a jam packed, luscious nose with toast and carob. It's grapey and succulent, but there's lift and freshness, too the smell of first rain after a long dry spell over fine old balsamic timber complexity. The twin tracked sweetness is beautifully rounded through two thirds of the palate, then planes out and becomes lighter, drier and more lingering. Nuts and dates slide along a