2004 Quinta do Noval LBV (unfiltered)
Posted: 00:05 Sat 09 Apr 2011
Tasted at The Big Fortified Tasting, a trade fair in London at Glaziers Hall on Wed 06 April 2011 (Review thread, containing links to other tasting notes). This being a large trade-fair event, tasting notes generally brief.
2004 Quinta do Noval unfiltered LBV. Note that this is the first Quinta do Noval LBV, that is, the first in which all the grapes were grown on the estate. Dark red, about 70% opacity. Big rich cloying tannic-ness. This needs 2Y in bottle, and will then be fantastic. But now it is too hard to drink. Perhaps this has been released too early?
2004 Quinta do Noval unfiltered LBV. Note that this is the first Quinta do Noval LBV, that is, the first in which all the grapes were grown on the estate. Dark red, about 70% opacity. Big rich cloying tannic-ness. This needs 2Y in bottle, and will then be fantastic. But now it is too hard to drink. Perhaps this has been released too early?