 Warm your bones beside the hearth whileyou savor a taste of Portugal's most renown gift to the rest of the world. None combine the depth, concentration and longevity of vintage Port. Such a rich and complex fortified can grab you by the collar and pull you in. A moment later it might lure you quietly with the subtlety of its fragrance. The palate can occupy your entirety. On the finish, fresh nuances might surface just when you thought it had shown you everything. It's long lived on the palate, lasting in the bottle and will surface in your memories years after you enjoyed that bottle's last drop. Are there any things in life greater than ingredients that inspire and spark memory; memories of a rare vintage, of bottles to mark a birth or a wedding, memories of forgotten friends or the distant past? Vintage Port etches itself in thoughts like no other wine. Thanks to a clement 2007 these vintage Ports need not rest before their corks are pulled and yet they promise to please no matter when they surface from the cellar. Learn more about the 2007 vintage and its Ports>> | |
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Declare your taste for vintage Port
Quinta do Noval has made great wine since 1715 but it was the 1931 declaration that put the house's illustrious name on the map and their Port on every clamoring aficionados lips. Known as one of the most beautiful estates for the grounds' massive cedar trees and the stunning views that frame the heart of the Douro, Quinta do Noval deserves the hallowed reputation that sets it apart. Christian Seely, who has looked after Noval since 1993, was on hand in Chicago to share the quinta's latest vintage. Asking after the Noval's loftiest bottling, the Nacional, we were told by Seely that the 2007 Quinta do Noval is as great a Port from 2007 and that he actually preferred it to the eminent Nacional.
Quinta do Noval 2007 stood out among the other titans in the room for its deep, dark fruit, cocoa tannins, fresh mulberry and thistle come clover top notes and yet, despite a round and balanced attack, it seemed to swell to a saturating force through the end. For all its feminine balance it insists on showing you how the Douro can ripen its fruit so thoroughly even during a more elegant vintage. Even though a wine so rich will no doubt last decades, it presents heaps of flavors that already call you to your glass without decanting. Perhaps patience is sometimes overrated. With only 12 bottles remaining, stock yours while they last>> | |
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