Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2019 750ml (750ml)

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Here is a fun one we did with seared duck and some good after dinner conversation, no need to wait for Winter.  Yes, it is best with more age, but you can cheat here, throw this wine in the decanted and watch it open with more softness, and become more lush and plush – even creamy.  Really integrates nicely with air time. This is all about cassis, plum, dried black cherries, fig, black licorice, dark chocolate, brown spice, mint, tobacco, crushed flowers, chalk, even a graphite note here.  Yes, Dal Forno and even Quintarelli fans will appreciate this, but for me this is Port for the Bordeaux drinker. ~ Christopher Deas, Italian Wine Merchants

Quinta do Noval, established in 1715, is one of the only Port houses to be located in the heart of the Douro Valley of Portugal. It is perhaps best known for its Nacional Vintage Ports, the 1963 is considered by many critics to be the greatest Port ever made. Quinta do Noval is also one of the only houses that is named after its most famed vineyard, in this case the Quinta do Noval. The majority of the vineyards at the quinta are planted with the noble varieties of the Douro: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Cao. These grapes do well on the mix of schist and clay soil types found here. There was a large scale replanting of the vineyards in 1994, and each plot was planted with a variety that best suited that soil, altitude and exposition. Historically, the vineyards had been planted in blended plots; however this practice is dying out in the Douro, as the plantings become more specific to individual terroir. In the heart of the Quinta do Noval vineyard is a sma