1991 Quinta do Noval

[jdaw1]

A horizontal of 1991s, some Vintage, some Single-Quinta, on Monday 9^th December 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by GEAG.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • Dow;
  • Graham;
  • Warre;
  • Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Cockburn;
  • Cockburn Quinta dos Canais;
  • Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
  • Fonseca Guimaraens;
  • Croft;
  • Morgan;
  • Quinta do Noval;
  • Quinta do Noval Nacional;
  • Quinta de la Rosa;
  • Niepoort;
• Placemats (and in the list of placemats);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

Noval and Croft both decanted - and looking good

[jdaw1]

N91. Red, 40% opaque. Pleasant, but not great. Simple sugar leading to a dry mid palate.

[winesecretary]

Red, 50% opaque. Indeterminate nose. Pontefract cakes again in the mouth, and red liquorice. Quite a likeable and quite savoury port if, like this example, you get a good bottle.

[nac]

Still fairly deep colour; initially thought it was maybe a bit dirty on the nose with some odd notes. Much better in the mouth, although alcohol a bit out of balance, still some drying tannin.

Later on, nose was better with some nice development, but alcohol still too forward.