NV Quinta do Noval Porto 10 Year Old Tawny

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  5/14/2024 - itsallaboutvinum Likes this wine: 94 Points

  💭 Merry Christmas everyone! We’ve come close to a close of another year. While the kids have their presents, the adults can indulge.
  
  NA Quinta do Noval 10 year old Tawny Port: Deep copper. Growing up in South East Asia, the notes reminds me of a typical traditional medicine store with umeshu (梅酒 Japanese liqueur made by steeping unripe ume plums in liqueur and sugar), and dried monk fruit (Lo Hon Guo / 羅漢果), dried herbs, wood, and underlying nuts, and dried fruits. Rich, spicy, sweet but not cloyingly, and oily.
  
  Paired with 18 months aged Comte cheese, and aged Rum fruit cake.
  
  💭 Joyeux Noël à tous ! Nous approchons de la fin d’une autre année. Pendant que les enfants reçoivent leurs cadeaux, les adultes peuvent se faire plaisir.
  
  Porto Tawny NA Quinta do Noval 10 ans : Cuivre profond. Ayant grandi en Asie du Sud-Est, les notes me rappellent un magasin de médecine traditionnelle typique avec de l'umeshu (liqueur japonaise 梅酒 obtenue en trempant des prunes ume non mûres dans de la liqueur et du sucre) et des fruits de moine séchés (Lo Hon Guo / 羅漢果), des herbes séchées, le bois, les noix sous-jacentes et les fruits secs. Riche, épicé, sucré mais pas écoeurant et gras.
  
  Accompagné de fromage Comte affiné 18 mois et d'un gâteau aux fruits au Rhum vieilli.

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  4/24/2024 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  A blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Sousão and Tinta Roriz from different vineyards in Douro. The wine is blended from different vintages that have been aging in old oak pipes, resulting in a blend with an average age of 10 years. The wine was bottled in 2023. 19,5% alcohol.
  
  Medium-deep cherry-red color with an oxidative maroon hue. Although the wine is a Tawny Port, the nose is still pretty red-toned with aromas of wizened cherries, some cooked strawberry tones ,a little bit of pruney dark fruit, light boozy notes of aguardente, a nutty hint of oxidation and a touch of ripe red plum. The wine feels sweet, soft and mellow on the palate with a full body and rich, somewhat evolved flavors of wizened cherries and prunes, some oxidative nutty tones, a little bit of cooked strawberry, light boozy notes of aguardente, a hint of Bassett's black wine gum and a touch of molasses. The overall feel is a bit round and ponderous as the wine is only medium in acidity and there isn't really any tannic grip to lend firmness to the palate. The finish is rich, sweet and rather long with a slightly sticky aftertaste of wizened black cherries and cooked strawberries, some pruney tones, a little bit of ripe red plum, light oxidative notes of chopped nuts, a hint of molasses and a touch of boozy aguardente. The high alcohol makes the wine end on a rather warm note.
  
  I love Tawny Ports, but usually they have to be at least 20 years old before they offer anything of real interest. This was a pleasant effort, but still way too red-toned in character for my preference - instead of showing that nutty caramel goodness I look for in Tawny Ports, this was more about tired red fruit flavors and prunes. Furthermore, the overall feel was rather soft and a bit flabby, wanting in freshness and structure. Although the Noval wines are fantastic in the higher tiers of quality, to me, this 10 yo Tawny isn't a big step up in quality from regular non-age designated Tawny Ports. Priced somewhat according to its quality at 27,50€.

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  12/25/2023 - itsallaboutvinum Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Merry Christmas everyone! We’ve come close to a close of another year. While the kids have their presents, the adults can indulge.
  
  NA Quinta do Noval 10 year old Tawny Port: Deep copper. Growing up in South East Asia, the notes reminds me of a typical traditional medicine store with umeshu (梅酒 Japanese liqueur made by steeping unripe ume plums in liqueur and sugar), and dried monk fruit (Lo Hon Guo / 羅漢果), dried herbs, wood, and underlying nuts, and dried fruits. Rich, spicy, sweet but not cloyingly, and oily.
  
  Paired with 18 months aged Comte cheese, and aged Rum fruit cake.
  
  💭 Joyeux Noël à tous ! Nous approchons de la fin d’une autre année. Pendant que les enfants reçoivent leurs cadeaux, les adultes peuvent se faire plaisir.
  
  Porto Tawny NA Quinta do Noval 10 ans : Cuivre profond. Ayant grandi en Asie du Sud-Est, les notes me rappellent un magasin de médecine traditionnelle typique avec de l'umeshu (liqueur japonaise 梅酒 obtenue en trempant des prunes ume non mûres dans de la liqueur et du sucre) et des fruits de moine séchés (Lo Hon Guo / 羅漢果), des herbes séchées, le bois, les noix sous-jacentes et les fruits secs. Riche, épicé, sucré mais pas écoeurant et gras.
  
  Accompagné de fromage Comte affiné 18 mois et d'un gâteau aux fruits au Rhum vieilli.
  
  Cheers, Yum Seng, 干杯, 乾杯, 건배 , Prost, Santé, Salute, Salud, Saúde! 🍷
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  12/23/2023 - BrionHammond Likes this wine: 91 Points

  For me this 10 year old tawny do the job. I tasted their Nacional 2019 last friday so I had to buy and try this Tawny. Nice job

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  11/21/2023 - Bolognese Diner Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Beautiful color shifting towards brick-red, immediately on the nose, a myriad of intoxicating aromas is released, elevated by the wine's significant alcohol content. Mature dark fruit, in jam form, hints of spices, cinnamon, anise, a touch of peach blossom. Fragrant noble wood, almost medicinal iodine notes. In the mouth, it is alcoholic and sweet, with tremendous persistence and refreshed by a lovely acidity. We should all drink more port...
  
  Bellissimo colore che volge al mattonato, subito al naso si sprigiona una miriade di profumi inebrianti, portati in alto dalla grande potenza alcolica di questo vino. Frutta scura matura, in confettura, note di spezie, cannella, anice, un sentore di fiore di pesco. Legno nobile profumato, note iodate quasi medicinali. In bocca è alcolico e dolce, di grandissima persistenza e rifrescato da una bella acidità. Dovremmo tutti bere più porto...

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