1987 Terrantez
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The 1987 Terrantez was produced with grapes from the prestigious Câmara de Lobos and matured in pipas (650-liter) for years until it was recently bottled. It hit the scale at 20% alcohol and has a pH of 3.31 and 95 grams of unfermented sugar. This is a special wine, with the acidity of Sercial, the sweetness of a Boal and with the palate showing great balance; the attack is sweet but it finishes fairly dry. It has roundness and finesse. 1,248 bottles and some larger and smaller formats were produced. It was bottled in April 2024.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Bottled 2024. Extraordinary complexity – there's a sense of the divine here – not least through the miracle of how this wine has matured through all those years. There are sweet spices, varnish, caramel and really delicious pear fruit as well. Long, long and long. A full museum collection of flavour, all in one glass. (RH)
The 1987 Terrantez comes from the vestige of plantings on the island in Cãmara de Lobos; this release has 95g/L residual sugar and 10.32g/L total acidity. The nose is beautiful, harmonious and nuanced: Seville orange marmalade, fig jam, smoke and light waxy aromas. This attests to a supremely gifted grape variety. The palate is well-balanced, with a honeyed texture and a keen thread of acidity. It's effervescent in the mouth. Peppercorns and orange rind appear towards a finish that fans out gloriously and lingers. Beautiful. 1,248 bottles released (plus other formats).