{"product_id":"doliveiras-verdelho-madeira-1981","title":"D'Oliveiras Verdelho Madeira 1981","description":"A 1981 vintage Verdelho from the family house other Madeira firms turned to when they needed old wine. In the 1970s and '80s, when the Madeira Wine Company (Blandy's, Cossart and others) ran short of old vintages, they called on d'Oliveiras. The reason is a happy accident of history. Until great-grandsons Aníbal and Luis D'Oliveira joined in 1968, the firm had never exported. It sold only on the island, mostly to other producers, so it ended up with the largest collection of cask-aged old vintage Madeiras on Madeira. Luis is a firm believer in long cask ageing, so the old vintages stay in wood and are bottled only to order. He was also one of the first to print the bottling date on the back label, so check yours to see when this one left the barrel. Verdelho is the middle path in Madeira: it tastes fairly sweet but finishes dry, which makes it more versatile at the table than the richer styles. It's a lovely birth-year or anniversary bottle, and it's still made by the same family, now Luis and his nephew Felipe.","brand":"Elevage [ELE]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44103486832675,"sku":"SF-ELE-102726-11","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-DOliveiras-Verdelho-Madeira-1981-Fortified-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1794437509","url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/doliveiras-verdelho-madeira-1981","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}