Quinta Do Noval Port Blend 40 Year Old
- Type:
Dessert
- Winery:
Quinta Do Noval
- Vintage:
- Varietal:
Port Blend
- Region:
Porto
- Vineyard:
How Was It?
| Merchant | Locale | Volume | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShopRite Liquors of Pearl River | United States (New York) | 750mL | USD 129.99 | Buy Now |
| Beacon Wines & Spirits | United States (New York) | 750mL | USD 144.99 | Buy Now |
About
The 40 Year Old Tawny was a tad too old for my tastes. The wine was spicy, with an old cellar, stale, nutty aroma that seems to have greater appeal in the United Kingdom than elsewhere in the world. Tawny ports are aged in wood from essentially a solera system for the number of years indicated on the bottle. In most cases I prefer the younger ten or twenty year Tawnys to the ancient forty to fifty year old wines, but it is really a matter of taste. I tend to like more fruit rather than the oxidized and aged characteristics of the very old tawnys. (Robert Parker 87points)
From the Producer
Quinta Do Noval lies in the Douro valley in Northern Portugal one of the few remaining places of wild and unspoilt beauty in Europe. The vineyards that produce the grapes for Port wine cling to steep hillsides in the winding valleys of the Douro River and
