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1983 Quinta do Noval Nacional
Posted: 15:42 Sat 13 Sep 2008
by jdaw1
From the double-horizontal, 1983 and 1985, on Saturday 13 September 2008 at the home of
jfacciol in Brooklyn.
Re: 1983 Nacional
Posted: 16:35 Sun 14 Sep 2008
by EricD
Noval Nacional 1983: Color very pale and delicate. Very funky highly vegetal nose - I noted celery and it seemed to come and go throughout the evening. On day 2 the celery note was still present, but it was more subdued. Flavor fairly acidic, strawberry-rhubarb pie. Very odd acidic, slightly metallic finish. Jeff noted that it had a very madeira-like quality, and although I have had limited experience with madeira, it does remind me of a terrantez I had recently. Overall, not very pleasant, but rather unusual and curious to taste.
Re: 1983 Nacional
Posted: 18:14 Sun 14 Sep 2008
by jdaw1
Quinta do Noval Nacional 1983: acquired by Eric directly from the Quinta a few years previously. Mid-red, and smelling of passion fruit (which some people called eucalyptus) and something less nice, celery being the most plausible description. Also, perhaps, some citrus like orange peel. Perhaps. To taste dry and awful.
A previous tasting of
Nacional 1980 and of
Nacional 1985 had showed passion fruit, so I was being particularly attentive to it. Perhaps it is the signature of early-1980s Nacional?
Later in the evening it seemed to shift in-and-out of passion-fruit loveliness and vegetable horribleness. Most odd.
Re: 1983 Nacional
Posted: 21:35 Mon 15 Sep 2008
by SushiNorth
Caramel apple red in color, this Quinta do Noval Nacional 1983 was hopefully just an off bottle. Beyond the heat in the nose was an intense and overpowering smell of celery, followed by fennel seeds, chocolate, and (per EricD) Rhubarb. I never found jdaw's passionfruit, nor did the celery diminish or orange peel evolve as some suggested late in the evening. To taste, it was all celery, with fruit beneath and a touch of licorice. (no score)