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The Resilience of Ancient Vines: How a Summer of Extremes Sculpted an Absolute Masterpiece
Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port 2022 is an ethereal, towering, and profoundly concentrated liquid masterpiece that represents one of the most remarkable triumphs over extreme weather in modern Douro history. The official 2022 vintage report describes a year of historic atmospheric extremes, marking it as a staggeringly hot and dry growth cycle. ...
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The Story
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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Quinta do Noval Nacional is a much-venerated name in the Douro Valley and Nacional is undoubtedly one of the most legendary fortified wines in the world. It is produced from a small area at the heart of the Quinta do Noval vineyard planted with ungrafted vines that have remained untouched by Phylloxera and has an average production of between 250 and 275 cases.
Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port 2022 is characterised by outstanding power...
Vintage 2022
Characteristics of the 2022 Vintage
2022 will stand out as a remarkably dry year with unprecedented weather conditions in our region. So extraordinary were these conditions that even our oldest and most seasoned vineyard workers could not remember ever having experienced anything similar. Nonetheless, this growing season also showed the remarkable resilience of the Douro’s vineyards and grape varieties.
The rainfall recorded at Quinta do No...
