Boal is a name given to several varieties of grape cultivated in

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, notably in the production of medium-rich

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s from

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. On many wine labels of

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, the variety's name is

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as Bual. Bual from Madeira is typically less sweet than that from

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, but more sweet than

Sercial Sercial is the name of a white grape grown in Portugal, especially on the island of Madeira. It has given name to the dryest of the four classic varieties of Madeira fortified wine.winepros.com.au. The grape is grown in diminishing quantities ...

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. The vines are also common in

and

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, where the

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is used in the same way for fortified wines.

Madeira Boal

Most of the Boal grown on Madeira is more fully known as Boal Cachudo (a synonym for the Spanish variety

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, though the two may be different grapes), which has been shown by

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to be identical to the

Malvasia Fina Malvasia (, also known as Malvazia) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world. I ...

grown in the

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valley.

Notable Boal

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holds 25,000 bottles of wine, the oldest being a bottle of bual from 1815.

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Madeira Boal

Notable Boal

See also

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