1970 Quinta do Noval
Posted: 23:35 Tue 25 Sep 2007
A bottle with a good level (Oporto bottled) and rather unusual red stencilled lettering on the bottle.
Selected because the capsule was noticed to be a little sticky...
Cork came out intact, but the transverse branding took a little time to work out - at first I thought it was dated '66, but the orientation of some letters showed that the branding machine had hicupped, printing the 9 twice, and missing much of the rest..
Quite a brownish brew, with modest sediment.
First sip:
No bottle stink, but sharp at this point as one would expect - coffee comes immediately to mind, and in a slightly offbeat way, this is very suppable.
As this is a '70, I've decanted late in the evening, and will revisit late tomorrow afternoon.
Tom
Selected because the capsule was noticed to be a little sticky...
Cork came out intact, but the transverse branding took a little time to work out - at first I thought it was dated '66, but the orientation of some letters showed that the branding machine had hicupped, printing the 9 twice, and missing much of the rest..
Quite a brownish brew, with modest sediment.
First sip:
No bottle stink, but sharp at this point as one would expect - coffee comes immediately to mind, and in a slightly offbeat way, this is very suppable.
As this is a '70, I've decanted late in the evening, and will revisit late tomorrow afternoon.
Tom