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Wine Description
The Story
The company Pereira D'Oliveira (Vinhos) was founded in 1850, and is still in the hands of the founding family. It has however grown by acquisition and can trace its roots backto the 1820's. Its headquarters in Funchal dates to the 1600's. D'Oliveira is reported to produce 150,00 litres of wines per year, and produces a wide range of wines including Tinta Negra wines at 3.5 and 15 year old. D'Oliveira also produces Sercial Verdelho, Bual, Malms...
Vintage 1989
The 1989 vintage in Portugal stands out as an exceptionally warm, early, and low-yielding campaign across both the Douro Valley and major table-wine regions like Dão and Bairrada. Coming off an unusually hot summer, high temperatures accelerated sugar development and led to one of the earliest harvests of the decade.
While 1989 was generally not declared as a classic Vintage Port year across the major shippers—since many houses opted for th...
