do Noval, Vintage

Specification

Producer

Quinta

Region

Rest of world

Where

Pinhão, Douro Valley, Portugal

Classification

Vintage Port

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and other Douro varieties

Vintage

1945

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

NOVVIN451X75

About this wine

Quinta do Noval Vintage Port is made from the estate’s own vineyards and declared only in the best years. Dense and structured, it combines black fruit, floral notes and a firm tannic backbone with the elegance for which Noval is known. Like other classic vintage Ports it needs time, typically fifteen to twenty years, and keeps for decades.

About Quinta

Quinta do Noval is one of the great estates of the Douro Valley, its terraced vineyards rising steeply above the Pinhão river. Unlike most Port houses, which blend from many sources, Noval is built around a single property, and its vintage Ports come from its own vineyards. It has been owned since 1993 by the insurance group AXA.

Noval is best known for Nacional, made from a small plot of ungrafted vines that survived phylloxera, and for its classic Quinta do Noval Vintage Port. Its vintage Ports are structured and long-lived, and Nacional in particular is among the rarest and most sought-after wines of Portugal.