TN: 1988 D'Oliveira Terrantez Madeira

[Gary Banker]

I dug up a note from May 2007.

1988 D’Oliveira Harvest Terrantez: Green apple and lime flavors. Slightly sweet. Pleasant acidity. Balanced. Medium finish. Nice fragrance when opened. Bottled 2003

It was relatively drier than Blandy's 1976T tasted at the same time and I found it easier to distinguish components of the flavor. The 1988T is the driest terrantez that I have had other than the D'Oliveira 1977T. After several days, I got a slight note of quinine.

When the Harvest bottling and the non-harvest bottling are both available, they are the same price, so they appear to be the same wine. I would buy more.

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