1997 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage Nacional

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 96.2 points

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  3/10/2024 - KPB wrote: 93 Points

  Medium dark ruby, with a mature nose showing pomegranate, plums, cocoa, beeswax, spice. Midweight palate is somehow soft and lush without the density those terms normally evoke, long, quite lovely. Perhaps not a top vintage for Nacional, but very enjoyable now and positioned to gain a little more complexity over the coming decade.
  
  I drink a lot of vintage port, and have had many vintages of Nacional. I know that some will be unhappy that I’m rating this 93, but you have to call them as you see them! The bottle is perfect, the cork was actually in great shape, and it came from a trusted source. I really have tasted many of the all time great vintage ports of the last decades — I’m not a naive taster.

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  11/13/2022 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Red fruits, licorice and a light grind of pepper. Beautiful floral spirit. Full, sweet and luscious with real volume. Vinous and detailed, great drive through the palate and fabulous length.

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  10/29/2022 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Lots of depth on the palate, strong fruit, very berry like, loved it for the long term.

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  11/7/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points

  Warm, powerful, concentrated, big, unformed and seemingly quite young, this is all about the potential when the wine matures and all the elements are melded together. The wine is more mineral driven, with freshness and energy at this stage, instead of lush, sweet, chocolate cherries and figs. I do not drink much Port, and very little of it is Quinta Noval Nacional, but I suspect, another 20 years is needed before this is at peak.

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  3/12/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Dense, black, balanced and powerful. It has lashings of dark fruits and terrific spirit. It is way too young but delicious none the less.

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