Community Tasting Note
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sweetstuff wrote: 92 points
May 21, 2018 - 2009 Quinta do Noval Porto Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Single Vineyard (Portugal, Douro, Porto)
Opened on Jackie's 71st birthday but not shared out. Double-decanted and allowed to sit 48 hours. 19.5 pabv. Dick Scheer's Village Corner, Ann Arbor. Nose: Complex, mysterious, smoky, dried blackberry, tar, medicinal (saffron), fresh-cut apple slices, vanilla spicy orange. Polished surfaces and edges noticeable here and in the mouth. Palate, though a bit grippy, certainly confirms style, yet the tannins and mouthfeel are particularly well-handled.. Earlier versions of this were really tough and some will require 12-15 years to be drunk with pleasure. Obviously a great deal of effort is made for this wine, to distinguish it from the nonvintage 'LB' and the non-single-vineyard one. Still a very fine value; finesse and reflectivity; and a good value for money. 92/100; drink now-2018.
Reminds me of the 2009 Taylor Vintage Porto with some of its style-marks; is this a character of the vintage? I have only one bottle left of that in between gifts to friends and a bottle or two drunk for pleasure out of six I originally bought. The most exquisite young Taylor VP I've ever tasted, and very much like this one.1 person found this helpful 3,468 views