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Wine Description
The Story
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.
THE SUPREME EXPRESSION OF THE TERROIR OF QUINTA DO NOVAL
Quinta do Noval Vinta...
Vintage 1991
The 1991 vintage in Portugal is celebrated as a major, widely declared Vintage Port campaign that delivered rich, structured, and long-lived fortified wines, alongside deeply flavored, classic red table wines across the Douro and Dão.
Growing Conditions & Climate
A cool, wet spring delayed flowering, but summer brought ideal weather—warm, dry, and sun-drenched across the Douro Valley and northern Portugal. Brief late-summer rains in earl...
