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Vintage Port 1931

Quinta do Noval, Douro, Portugal

Quinta do Noval
Douro Portugal
  • 98
    Points
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  • Country ranking ?

    34

  • Producer ranking ?

    14

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    Now

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As always this 100% single-quinta wine is drawn from Noval’s own vines. There are three core parcels, all near the winery—the terraces directly surrounding the winery in Pinhão, the vines in the Roncão Valley and a parcel overlooking the Douro River.  Each year, the blending proportions for the Vintage Port will vary depending on the vagaries of the vineyard.

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The 1931 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port has a deep brown/tawny core with amber/brick rim. A simply stunning nose: the definition hitting you first and then the freshness followed by incredible complexity with scents of coca, brown sugar, candied red-berried fruits and a hint of cloves and cinnamon. It is a penetrating scent that is difficult to describe. The palate is rich, beautifully poised with good acidity: very powerful and intense with a slight rancio character on the mid-palate. There are notes of raisin, spice and liquorice all with otherworldly length. It continues to blossom after a couple of hours in the glass and becomes more rounded, utterly elegant with a sweet, brown sugar finish. Its structure suggests that it has more years ahead. Tasted at Fine Wine Experience's Noval/Naçional vertical.

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Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 1931 / 98 points / A healthy, dark looking dark ruby colour. Massive and intense wine with sweet concentrated flavours of prunes, figs and chocolate. The best in this wine was its elegance and faultless mouthful, which was decadently silky and rich. Very ample and smooth wine, almost as great as the perfect 1931 Nacional, which merely has a slightly better balance and complexity, but they both share the same very long and lingering finish. At 85 years of age, this port is at its peak now, but should easily live on for at least two decades more. A genuinely classic and rare Noval.
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