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Quinta do Noval Silval Vintage Porto(2003)
- Winery:
- Quinta do Noval
- Varietal:
- Touriga Nacional
- Region:
- Portugal > Douro > Porto
- Type:
- Dessert/Fortified
- Color:
- Red
- User Tags:
- port, dessert wines, digestif, doc (portugal), concentrated, complex, forward, style, young, easy drinking
"Wine Spectator 94: Black in color, with intense aromas of grilled meat, raisins and prunes. Full-bodied, lightly sweet and tannic. Chewy, with loads of black licorice on the finish. Best after 2012. J.S. Steven Tanzer 90: Saturated deep ruby. Youthful but expressive aromas of blackberry, blueberry, minerals, violet and nutty oak. Dense, concentrated, fruity and seamless, if still a bit youthfully aggressive. But this is creamy, ripe and broad, with compelling sweetness and ripe tannins. Silval, which is intended to be more accessible early on than Noval, is a blend of wines from read more...
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April 2008
- Declared only in very good years, Silval Vintage Port is made in the traditional way. Having spent 18 months in oak cask the wine is allowed to develop in the bottle, it will throw a deposit and need decanting. The Silval Vintage combines power, complexity and concentration with a forward, fruity style making it approachable when quite young.
- Jancis Robinson
- 17/20
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May 2008
- Purplish crimson. A bit of indistinct undergrowth on the nose. Definitely autumnal. Round, wild, quite fine - lots of ripe tannin. Interesting, not especially sweet - treacly. Quinta do Noval's bottling made from bought-in grapes to the same high standards as their own ports.
