1995 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  12/27/2022 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  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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  9/26/2020 - jhbehrens Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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  9/21/2019 - juffer Likes this wine: 94 Points

  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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  8/16/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:

  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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  7/29/2019 - ocfriday Likes this wine: 88 Points

  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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