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Quinta do Noval 2003

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  • GBP Price: £400.00  per Case
  • Action: [Add to shopping basket]
  • Size: Bottle (75cl)
  • Quantities:0  Case -  6  Bottles
  • Units: 6
Scores:
Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Burghound Jancis Robinson.com International Wine Cellar
94 96 - 19 94
Tasting Notes:

The inky, purple-colored, opaque 2003 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port soars from the glass, revealing dates, black cherries, copious flowers, and plums. Full-bodied, broad, and lush, this top-flight wine is harmonious and exhibits stupendous purity of fruit. Blueberries, cherries, and candied strawberries can be found in its nuanced, lengthy, plum-laced core as well as in its immensely long, dried berry-tinged finish. Drink this beauty between 2020 and 2045+.

Score: 94 Pierre Rovani, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2020-2045

What a nose. Ripe fruit, with chocolate, blackberries and raisins. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with velvety tannins. Finish goes on and on. Layered and wonderful. Best after 2014.

Score: 96 James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2014+

More closed than the Silval. Dark rich fruit on the nose. Intense and dark and still pretty restrained. Then beautifully rich and full and voluptuous while still hiding so much. Very very long with spicy depth and finish. (19+ Points)

Score: 19 Julia Harding MW, Jancisrobinson.com Maturity: 2015-2050

Saturated deep ruby. Sweet aromas of black cherry, cassis, licorice, molasses, minerals, toffee and violet. Dense, sweet and pliant, with outstanding precision and depth of flavor. Like the Silval, this boasts a seductively creamy texture. The explosive, mounting finish offers a fine dusting of ripe, suave tannins and great breadth. Deceptively easy to taste today owing to its finesse, but it's hard to believe that it won't shut down in bottle in the near future. This wine features a particularly high percentage of touriga nacional.

Score: 94 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar