Community Tasting Notes 13

• shafer1994 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 27, 2022 - Ripe port. Light red color, sweet nose. Dark cherry, chocolate, sweet spices. Medium length. Not too sweet in the finish. Potential for many more years.

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• jhbehrens Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 26, 2020 - At 25 years this port is still so fruity and young. Intense liquorice in the first sip blew off and revealed other sweet spices and deep red fruit flavours. Chalky and/or tannic support gives makes this wine very rounded and structured. If I had another bottle I would keep it cellared for at least another 10 years.

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• juffer Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 21, 2019 - From memory. Relatively light in color. Intense cherry and licorice nose, with also allspice and other baking spices. Elegant, relatively light mouth feel. Restrained sense of sweetness on the finish, which had plenty of tannic support. Excellent!

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote:

  August 16, 2019 - Pristine bottle, perfect cork, level and label, second from a full case. Very similar in style to my note from December 2016, but this bottle seems to be ill at ease with itself. The fruit is lacking on the slightly stalky and maderised nose and the finish is a bit hot. The Noval 1995 is not a big wine by any means, but this bottle feels a bit hollow. Not rated.

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• ocfriday Likes this wine: 88 points

  July 29, 2019 - Good, not great - my rating is a bit lower, but dead on agree with:
  
  11/12/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
  
  Pristine bottle. Perfect cork, extracted without difficulty. Mature but lively appearance, starting to brown at the edges; gentle and mature but expressive nose of black cherries and cedar, quite dusty minerality, hint of cocoa, good depth; the palate is medium-bodied and silky, off-dry, vibrant and beautifully balanced, all elements are in place, the light tannins are ripe and the flavours of chocolate and mint are pure and intense; complete finish, very good length. Solid rather than spectacular but with a modicum of style, approachable now and not for the very long term. Drink now.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Quinta do Noval
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Codes 083664858873, 5601064001177, 7605864007177

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• In Cellars 297 (79%)
• Consumed 79 (21%)

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