Quinta Do Noval Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port 2011 750mL

An initiaion to the style of our great vintage ports. This wine is a remarkable example of the Noval style. Treated exactly like a Vintage Port with only noble grape varieties from the Quinta, trodden by foot and unfiltered. Its main difference is that it is aged for five years in casks instead of the two years typical of Vintage Ports. Definitely an LBV with a difference, with fine structured tannins, great freshness and purity of fruit. It is delicious to drink today, but will age beautifully in its bottle. This is our "Baby Vintage". Our difference: an unfiltered Late Bottled Vintage made only with grapes from our vineyard, trodden in the Quinta do Noval lagares. 

The 2011 harvest was preceded by a cold, wet winter, providing ground water reserves, which allowed a balanced ripening of the grapes during the hot and dry summer. At harvest time the grapes were in perfect picking conditions and produced wines which combine wonderful purity and complexity of aroma and flavour underpinned by firm well integrated tannins.

Tasting Notes:

"This 2011 LBV Unfiltered presents a deep ruby colour and has an intense and elegant aroma. Great aromatic richness and a mouthful of ripe black fruits and spices. It has fine but solid tannins that gives it a structure of great amplitude and a long and flavourful finish." António Agrellos, Technical Director