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Quinta do Noval Vintage Port(2000)
- Winery:
- Quinta do Noval
- Varietal:
- Region:
- Portugal > Douro > Porto
- Type:
- Dessert/Fortified
- Color:
- Red
- User Tags:
- concentrated, dessert wines, purple, digestif, port, doc (portugal), structure, grip, finish - long, spicy
The nose has complexity and power in combination - a sure sign of a title contender. Despite this apparently heavyweight nature, however, we have immediately obvious elegance on the palate. This is underpinned by fine tannins and piles of dark fruits. And enveloping it all is a creamy mouthfeel which builds in intensity.
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June 2007
- Quinta do Noval Vintage Port is only declared when various factors combine to make an exceptional year. Intensely powerful and concentrated, these wines are adapted to age in bottle, developing overs years and releasing a complex variety of flavours.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 106, January/February 2003
- 94(+?)?
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July 2007
- ($100) Saturated black ruby to the rim. Sappy aromas of black cherry, minerals and roasted nuts. Wonderfully concentrated, very sweet, silky and suave; like an elixir of dark berries. As it opened in the glass, the superb underlying structure became obvious. Finishes with big, building, extremely fine tannins and superb length and grip. (William Grant & Sons, New York, NY)
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July 2007
- Inky purplish-red and nearly opaque, with a sweet plum and grapey aromatic profile. Densely packed with boysenberry and plump purple fruit that is lightly laced with licorice. Full-bodied, and expansive on the palate with a great tannin structure and fabulous length on the finish. A distinctive Noval and with their third big VP in a row, this Shipper is clearly back on track and at the top of their game. One of the better wines of the 2000 crop.
- JS
- Wine Spectator
- 05/15/03
- 96/100
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May 2003
