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97 pts Jamie Goode - Deep coloured and concentrated, this has an amazingly vivid, plummy, spicy nose. There are some dark, earthy, savoury notes, as well as firm tannins and amazing intensity. Quite savoury with lovely structure. Just brilliant.
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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...