2009 Quinta do Noval Porto Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  11/26/2023 - Caruso Likes this wine: 94 Points

  From half bottle. Purple. Plums, blueberry jam, spices, chocolate, licorice. This is now ready from the start without a decant, at least from half bottle. Sweetness is a bit reduced to earlier bottles, I guess. 5/12/17/10. -2035+ if perfectly stored since release.

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  12/18/2020 - Caruso Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I've made the mistake to write notes for this three times over the last years under the LBV without the "unfiltered" supplement. Purple. From the start without decant the nose is quite low in intensity as in the previous years as well. This is developing at a glacial pace. If you want to drink this on christmas you better have to open it now, because it is getting better over a week from the partly emptied bottle. The real challenge for me is not to drink all of it till then. For more details have a look at my previous notes. 5/12+/17+/10. Still to young maybe to get the best out of it. -2035+

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  12/24/2017 - Caruso Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Well, this is as shut down as ca. 2 years ago and it is one of the wines that I have had, that really benefit from a decant. I decant it and poured it back into the cleaned bottle (it has quite a lot of crusty sediment) 24 hours before serving, but it has opened yet one hour after this procedure. It can be enjoyed for several days. This goes very well with desserts or as an aperitif or on its own of course. Same notes as on 13/02/16.

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  9/6/2017 - sweetstuff wrote: 92 Points

  $24/750 ml at Village Corner, Ann Arbor; 19.5 pabv, Vintus, Pleasantville, NY. Originally opened about 9.26 by removing long cork (I'd forgotten my Coravin)
  
  Very early 0.5 mm fading in the LeTaster, with the rest of the color dense. At halfway through the bottle over some days open no evidence yet of crust. Sweet smoky bacon fat, floral, anise or horehound, touch of pine resin and vanillin, touch of male cosmetic scent, underlain by a little juicy plum at 10 days out. Originally the plum predominating with little else, showing this needs decanting at this time or opening a day or two before. Licorice, bitter orange, sweet/tart/fruit/tannin in balance, a little heat to my irritated mucous membranes but not to yours most likely. Medium to long finish confirms all this. Tannin to me accumulates as I sip it, so maybe much of it is originally fruit-bound. Drink 2018-2029. Much more drinkable than the 2008, I understand, and buttressed by my earlier tasting notes on that vintage. Longevity a guess, but may be exceeded.
  
  Basis for score: a flawless (excellent) wine with comparable aditional organoleptic or sensory qualities for current or near term drinking and batting out of its league quality wise. Highly recommended when compared even with other traditional LBVs at this point in my experience. Style is like a more elegant and complex Warres Traditinal LBV of which I'm a fan of in selected vintages, such as the 1982 and 2003 but offering more at this stage of development for enjoyment. Also scores high for AOC and estate typicity.

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  2/4/2017 - Motz wrote: 90 Points

  This shows the flavors of vintage port (especially coco powder) but not necessarily the concentration or depth. A rock solid wine that I would appreciate a glass of every evening. It could improve with a few years in the bottle. 90-91.

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