Nacional 2017 Quinta do Noval

Classification
Type	Fortifiés
Marque	Quinta do Noval
Millésime	2017
Pays	Portugal
Région	Douro
Raisin	Port Blend
Volume
État	dans son emballage d'origine
Étiquette	Parfait
Consommable	2024-2070
Stock	0

Avis professionnels

Robert Parker (100)

The 2017 Vintage Port Nacional is a field blend, mostly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Sousão and Tinta Roriz, aged for 18 months in old wood. It comes in at 99 grams of residual sugar and was bottled about a month before this tasting after 18 months in wooden vats. In 2016, I might've made an argument that the regular Noval was better. In this vintage, this seems to be a clear choice, granting that Ports change constantly in their youth. Its siblings at all levels in the last few vintages are very fine, but this is an indisputable benchmark that seems to better them all. Rich and vibrant, this has plenty of stuffing and flavor, more than the regular Noval. Then, it adds layer after layer of power. A couple of hours of air makes both the flavors and tannins more intense. It is simply gripping—yet also remarkably fresh. It's a great Noval, and one of the shortlist candidates for "Wine of the Vintage." There were 200 cases produced.

Winespectator (100)

BOW (9)