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Quinta Do Noval Vintage Port Nacional(1997)
- Winery:
- Quinta do Noval
- Varietal:
- Port Blend
- Region:
- Portugal > Douro > Porto
- Type:
- Dessert/Fortified
- Color:
- Red
- User Tags:
- berry, fruit, blackberry, black, bramble fruits, green, dessert wines, crimson, dull, digestif
Even more saturated dark ruby. Even riper but much more reticent aromas of dark berries, maple syrup and black licorice. Superripe and voluptuous in the mouth, with impressively deep, lush fruit of uncanny purity. Complicating notes of graphite, flowers and minerals. Thick but bright. Finishes with big, ripe tannins, great persistence and a very late burst of black cherry flavor. As with the outstanding '94 bottling, this wine's extraordinarily pure, deep fruit is partly hiding its underlying structure.
- Jancis Robinson
- 17/20
-
May 2008
- Slightly dull crimson. Some green notes. Sweet and sour but not obviously tannic. An attractive rather smooth port chock full of fruit. Clean and fresh. Blossomy.
- JS
- Wine Spectator
- 02/29/00
- 99/100
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February 2000
- Wine Advocate # 126
- Jan-00
- 100/100
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April 2008
