Grape · White

Boal

Also known as Bual in English-market labels or Malvasia Fina in Douro

Warm climate

About

The richer of Madeira's noble grapes, labelled Bual on many English-market bottles and grown on the warm lower terraces around Câmara de Lobos. Medium-sweet, with baked apple, fig, and walnut depth balanced by the island's unshakable acidity. On the mainland the same variety is the Douro's Malvasia Fina.

Typical profile

Body

Rounded

Acidity

Bright

Sweetness

Sweet

Aromas

What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.

Young · fresh from the glass

baked apple dried apricot orange zest fig sweet spice

Aged · develops with bottle time

toffee walnut dried fig dark caramel rancio

Explore aromas

Oak influence

Common

Aging

Cask-aged for decades before release; an opened bottle holds for months.

Growing regions

How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.

Portugal

Madeira

Medium-sweet richness from the warm lower terraces around Câmara de Lobos, baked apple and walnut over bright acid.

Food pairings

crème caramelalmond tartblue cheesedried fruitcustard desserts