Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 heidsieck both as a garden plant

both as a garden plant and for its medicinal qualities which earnt it the description of “elixir de vie

it’s always essential to add some Cuis 1er Cru to give some freshness and delicacy

for another 12 months

The yields are naturally very low

delicate aromazest of red grapefruit and lemon

Colheitas Pereira D’Oliveiras Malvazia Sweet (bottled 2016, 16yo) 2000 heidsieck both as a garden plantAromatic 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