85 points - H M Borges Reserve 5 years Medium Sweet Madeira
The non-vintage Reserve Medium Sweet 5-Year-Old displays too much caramel on the nose for my personal liking. The palate is attractive with honey and brown sugar on the entry, although the finish is a tad cloying compared to others and it requires more acidic bite to counter the pleasing sweetness.
16 pts Vinho Grandes Escolhas - Pale yellow colour. Very intense aroma, with notes of minerality and white pulp fruits. Mouthfiling wine, well structured and balanced...
The mellowing effect of ageing in oak casks has created light gold coloured Madeira. It is harmonious with a pungent fruity aromas. Medium dry on the palate but soft...
This wine will be remembered as a vintage elegant wine. It has a beautiful ruby colour, dense and deep, showing aromas of spices with cinnamon and also red fruits jam....
16 pts Revista de Vinhos - Lemon colour. Floral, white fruits and citrus fruits notes aromas. White flowers, pear, lemon and passion fruit with a fresh and persistent...
87 pts Wine Enthusiast - Clear, with fine bubbles and a yellow straw colour. It is rich on the nose, with an exuberant aroma and floral notes of roses and jasmine....
Wine with fruity aroma suggesting tropical fruits like peach and pineapple, complexed with white flowers aromas. The palate is complex and rich in fruit, unctuous and...
90 pts Wine Spectator - Medium tawny with ruby at core. There's quite a rich barley sugar and honey character to this wine, with a promise of sweetness and some toffee...
91 pts Wine Spectator - Colour and clear, amber Colour with tinges of gold on the rim. Superbly complex. Great intensity, revealing a bouquet of dried fruits such as...
Medium, orange amber in colour with 1mm clear meniscus. Appealing light coffee and almond, and reminiscent of Moroccan bastilla on the nose with a hint of passion...
95 pts CellarTracker - The D'Oliveira Boal Medium Sweet Madeira wine shows an attractive amber color. The acidity is balanced with a long and smooth finish, and a...
90 pts Wine Spectator - It's a warm inviting wine with well rounded fruit flavors, wonderfully raisiny and spicy on the palate. The underlying acidity, typical of fine...
84 pts CellarTracker - Amber color with golden hints. Sweet scent through the dried fruits and honey. Medium sweet, full-bodied with dried fruit. Good finish.
18,5 pts Revista de Vinhos - Gold with green highlights Clean full bouquet with hints of exotic wood, balsamic, clove, pipe tobacco, butterscotch, nutmeg, prunes and...
87 pts Wine Spectator - Clear, amber colour with tinges of gold; a bouquet of dried fruit, vanilla, wood and toffee with a smooth, medium-sweet finish and an excellent...
89 pts Robert Parker - Honey colour. Aromas of dried fruit, floral and yellow fruit jam. Round medium bodied wine, slightly smoked, finishing fresh and tangy.
Gold colour. Fresh floral aroma. Notes of pine, apricot, fruit core, ripe citrus, white raisins, caramel and candied fruit. Smooth with a spicy fresh acidity. Citrus...
Elegant and a moderately sweet, this Bual offers a distinctively salty tang to its toffee and almond notes. There's plenty of power in the underlying structure,...
Golden color. Aroma of dried fruits, oak, pepper, vanilla, curry and some varnish. Very balanced wine with good acidity and long aftertaste despite its youth. The...
The D'Oliveira Boal Medium Sweet Madeira wine shows an attractive amber color. The acidity is balanced with a long and smooth finish, and a certain delicacy.
Bright amber color. Fresh aromas of polished wood, caramel, hint of balsamic, pinch of salt, nutty and dried figs. Complex, perfectly balanced and multi-layered...
87 pts Robert Parker - Amber Colour with a golden rim, clear. Strong bouquet of almonds and prunes, wood and vanilla aromas. Medium Sweet, smooth, good balanced, long...
88 pts Robert Parker - Complex red berries, toasted, with suggestions of over ripe plums. Rich red berry flavour with great persistence, balanced, rounded and with a good structure that will allow it to age well.
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