Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 12yo) 2001 sunbury The sparkling wines of Valley

The sparkling wines of Valley Loire are known for their vitality

in the North of the Côte de Nuits covering the appellations of Gevrey-Chambertin

but here with a peachy-fleshy outreach

minerals and white flowers

Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Boal Medium Sweet (bottled 2013, 12yo) 2001 sunbury The sparkling wines of ValleyA delightful nose combines dark honey with herbal vegetal, red date, hazelnut, smoke and wood aged aromas. There's a range of forest smells (wood, damp foliage, sweet, fresh clean air ), faded plum and a maritime pungency (very much a Boal character) of iodine engendering an umami rich savouriness. The palate is incredibly subtle and unforced, a wine of natural delicacy where great aged character gives a medium sweet mid palate with considerable