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Wine Description
The Story
THE WINE OF A SINGLE HARVEST THAT HAS MATURED ITS WHOLE LIFE IN CASKS
The old Tawny Port for the lover of old Tawny Ports. Whereas our great 10, 20 and 40 year-old tawnies are blends, designed to maintain a consistent house style, a Colheita takes its personality from the year in which it was made. Each Colheita is distinctive yet at the same time strongly marked by the Quinta do Noval terroir. These are very rare Ports and some of the greatest of all Douro wines, produced in tiny quantities and undeservedly unrecognised.
Quinta do Noval is one of the few Houses of Port renowned for both its Vintage and Colheita Ports.
Wine Information
"Quinta do Noval 2009 Colheita reveals a lovely amber colour with a dark tawny core. Very intense and concentrated on the nose, it presents a harmonious mix of nuts and spices aromas.
Liquorice notes come together with toasted almond and younger fruity flavours. Some citrus notes then appear combined with its freshness and velvety texture giving a rich lively wine. This 2009 Colheita is wonderful and seductive with a long finish."
Carlos Agrellos, Technical Director
Vintage 2009
In 2009 we had a wet and cold winter at Noval, springtime with little rain and a very dry summer with temperatures lower than average, except for the months of June and September (+7,4ºC). These factors had a direct influence on the heat to which the leaves and the grapes were exposed, decreasing evapotranspiration that resulted in a longer active period of the vines during the day. Consequently, the vines preserved their leaves throughout the whole growing cycle, and an efficient distribution of water to the plant was achieved.
Mild temperatures and low rainfall favored the flowering in the end of May. The ripening was early and even until mid-August, exploding after that due to high temperatures and very dry weather. At harvest the grapes were in excellent health and perfectly ripe. The results were exceptional, wines with opulent richness, concentration and extremely elegant.