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| Producer | Quinta do Noval |
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| Country | Portugal |
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| Region | Douro Valley |
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| Subregion | Porto |
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| Varietal | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Sousao |
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| Vintage | 2016 |
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| Sku | 210000019730 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Aromas of dried fruits and lots of blackberries. Some wet earth with, of course, alcohol. It’s full-bodied, medium sweet with slightly chewy tannins. Shows tension and focus. Really solid and delicious. Drink now, but will improve with age.
The 2016 Unfiltered Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend from typical grapes like Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Sousão, aged for five years in casks. This traditional LBV comes with a long cork and 92 grams of sugar. (There was no 2015 released.) Another super LBV from one of the region's best producers of it, this is bursting with flavors leaning to strawberries and herbs. It adds fine concentration and reasonable tannic support. In power, it is a bit understated this year. This should age well (they always do) and acquire complexity along the way, which is all that is now missing.
A more heady, intense effort, the 2016 Late Bottled Vintage Port offers up a deep ruby/purple hue to go with classic Port notes of candied plums, cigar box, incense, orange liqueur, and exotic spices on the nose. These carry to a medium to full-bodied Port with solid underlying structure and solid length on the finish. While there's tons to love here, the alcohol slightly overwhelms this more mid-weight effort and a touch more density and concentration would go a long way toward balancing this beauty out, but this is nitpicking. This is a spicy, complex, elegant LBV to drink over the coming decade.
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