Quinta do Noval - Tawny Port 40 Year Old
Price: $169.90
| Producer | Quinta do Noval |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Porto |
| Varietal | Port Blend |
| Sku | 57138 |
Quinta do Noval Description
The remarkable quintessence of Noval Tawny style, a profoundly concentrated and complex old wine, the memory of the house… The initial red fruit colours have now faded away to be replaced by a rich dark brown hue with wonderful green and yellow hints around the edges, characteristic of very old wood-aged Ports. Yet the wine still retains a wonderful freshness and balance.
Noval 40 year old Tawny is a blend of old Ports from different vintages that have matured all their life in oak casks, with an average age of 40 years.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The NV 40 Year Old Tawny Port was bottled in 2016 with a bar-top cork and 169 grams per liter of residual sugar. The back label talks of "freshness," which seems odd for a 40 Year Old, but Noval delivers all that and more here. The concentrated flavor burst on the lively finish shows touches of molasses and this is far more intense than the other Noval tawnies this issue on all fronts. However, its calling card is not intensity, but its amazingly youthful and fresh demeanor. The lift to the fruit gives this an irresistibly juicy finish, letting all those flavors linger beautifully. It is smooth, sensual and impeccably balanced, never obvious. This is quite fine.
