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The main difference is that it is aged for four, sometimes five years in wooden vats instead of the two years typical of Vintage Ports. Simply, this is Noval’s ‘baby vintage’, with fine structured tannins, great freshness and purity of fruit. It also has a track record second to none in the category. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta do Noval","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302673842414,"sku":"20617-750","price":41.7,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/16954622-6f61-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20617-750.jpg?v=1668146554"},{"product_id":"noval-quinta-do-passadouro-vintage-port-2017","title":"Quinta do Passadouro Vintage Port 2017","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn 2019 Quinta do Noval acquired a second estate in Portugal’s Douro Valley: Quinta do Passadouro. Quinta do Passadouro dates back to the 18th century and has long been highly regarded for both its Ports and table wines. The property is in the Cima Corgo sub-region, close to the village of Vale de Mendiz in the heart of the demarcated Douro region. Since 1991, the estate has been well-run by the Bohrmann family (who also own a domaine in Meursault), and for a while, Dirk Niepoort was in charge of the winemaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eQuinta do Noval’s Managing Director, Christian Seely, has this to say of the purchase: “The vineyard of Passadouro consists of two principal parcels. One parcel is in the Pinhão Valley (on schist), where most of Noval’s vineyard is situated, and ranks among the greatest vineyard terroir of the Douro Valley. The other parcel is in the Roncão Valley.” Seely adds that the Quinta do Passadouro brand and its staff will be maintained so that the longstanding reputation of the estate will continue under the new ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePassadouro is a blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Sousão and Tinta Roriz, cropped from vines ranging in altitude from 100 to 300 metres above sea level. Made in roughly the same traditional fashion as Noval’s own Vintage Port, the style here—while also one of class and sophistication—is more medium-bodied, youthfully buoyant and immedicably approachable than the Noval. This is a charming and relatively open-knit 2017. It’s ripe and fleshy in style with a velvety cherry fruit profile, fused with notes of cola and cacao nibs. The palate is seductive and classy with a well-defined, elegant structure and refreshing, polished acidity. It closes with a wave of cherry richness resurfacing on the finish. 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It is a traditional multi-varietal field blend of Touriga Nacional, Sousão, Tinta Roriz, and Touriga Francesa, among others. After decades of aging in oak barrels, during which time a very high proportion will have evaporated, this remarkable wine has acquired a complex intensity of flavours and austere purity that take Noval Tawny Port to an even higher level. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta do Noval","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46413552484590,"sku":"24785-750","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/0fd715c0-211f-f011-ac42-02954333b573_24785-750.png?v=1745289447"},{"product_id":"quinta-do-noval-lbv-unfiltered-2024","title":"Quinta do Noval LBV Unfiltered 2019","description":"\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eNot all Late Bottled Vintage is created equal. Quinta do Noval pioneered this category when it bottled its first LBV in 1958. Right from the early days, Noval chose to treat this wine exactly like its Vintage Port before aging: focusing on using only great-quality, estate-grown grapes trodden by foot. And unlike the prevailing norm where heavy-handed filtration strips out so much, Noval bottles its LBV without filtration. The result is a considerably richer style that shares some of the depth and intensity of Noval’s VP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eLike the Vintage Port, the grapes are stomped in lagares (the traditional stone vats of the Quinta), then macerate during a three-day fermentation to obtain the best possible extraction of the polyphenolic compounds. From a terrific year for this grower’s Ports, it is a rich and complex wine with gorgeous notes of wild berries and blackcurrant fruit alongside hints of dried peel and Christmas spice. True to form, it’s polished and refined with admirable poise, complexity and a twist of quality dark chocolate and sweet tobacco on the lingering finish. 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It is also almost certainly the rarest of the world's great wines as so little is released—and then, only in suitable years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe Nacional plot is not named after the grape Touriga Nacional (as is commonly assumed). In fact, the site is planted with a range of the best Port varieties, including Touriga Nacional (which accounts for only about 30%), Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão (about 20%, 60-year-old vines), Tinta Roriz and some Sousão. The average age of the vines is around 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eThe wine is called Nacional because it is produced exclusively from ungrafted vines on their original rootstocks and, therefore, directly ‘attached to the soil of the nation’. The yields of these vines are minuscule (around 15 hl\/ha), and the tight bunches of small, deeply coloured grapes produce a massively profound, yet typically sublimely refined, Port of rare finesse. 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The much larger Port houses buy the vast majority of their fruit and therefore cannot control the viticulture (except at any quintas they own). They also make wine in far larger volumes which, as we know, has its cons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp sugg=\"true\"\u003eQuinta do Noval haven’t missed declaring a vintage for well over a decade. This is partly a reflection of a decade with some outstanding harvests but also Noval’s tendency to behave more like a Bordeaux château than a traditional Port shipper. Christian Seely reports that homogenous ripening resulted in ripe, healthy lagares with clean aromatic expression, phenolic balance and ideal freshness. The results were excellent for several parcels of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Sousão. The (ungrafted) Nacional and other old field blend parcels were exceptional. 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