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  • Country ranking ?

    86
  • Producer ranking ?

    26
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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QUINTA DO NOVAL NACIONAL

No other vintage port attracts more attention than Quinta do Noval’s Nacional and its collectability can be partly attributed to its tiny production. Only 200 - 300 cases are produced in a declared year. This represents a tiny percentage of Quinta do Noval’s production of vintage port (between 1,200 and 5,000 cases in each declared year). Nacional’s two and a half hectares of ungrafted vines are almost indistinguish...

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Wine Information

The terroir: a small area at the heart of the Quinta do Noval vineyard planted with ungrafted vines and untouched by phylloxera, described as “attached to the soil of the Nation”.

GRAPE VARIETIES

It is produced using several grape varieties and not just from Touriga Nacional, as it name might suggest. These varieties are some of the noblest to be found in the Douro valley: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Sousão.

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Tasting note

color

Full, Ruby red and Healthy

ending

Long, Lingering and Smooth

nose

Ripe, Generous, Closed and Intense

recommend

Yes

taste

Warming, High tannin, Balanced, Concentrated, Full-bodied, Rich, Elegant, Harmonious, Medium-Sweet and Silky tannins

Written Notes

We finished with a 1962 Quinto do Noval Nacional. I always find it tough to gather enough energy for tasting notes of dessert wines, and this was no exception. It was smoother than I expected but, of course, great. (96).

  • 96p

Good medium red. Mature, inviting aromas of currant, spices, dried flowers, mocha and brown sugar. Fat, sweet and reasonably full of life for a 50-year-old port but a bit lacking in shape and grip in spite of its very suave texture. With moderate concentration, the supple finish shows a slightly fiery quality. Drink now. My last bottle of this wine finished with more flavor authority and punch.

  • 90p

VINTAGE PORT NACIONAL 1962 – Also from a year, where only very few producers have bottled a Vintage Port: Brown reflections on the mid-red colour. Intense coffee and malty notes on the nose. Noticeable and supporting acidity on the palate with coffee and toffee. Medium long in the aftertaste.18Now - 2030

  • 93p
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Origin

Porto, Douro
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