A really handsome bottling by Avery, complete with the name BRISTOL embossed on the glass, gold foil capsule and wholly intact label. Had an 'end of an era' feel about it - I'm preserving the bottle.
Contents were less impressive however - a good example of a 'tertiary' wine, with the evident decay of the fruit on both nose and palate.
The wine has quite a dark golden red-brown colour, and was probably glorious twenty years ago.
Still drinkable, but nothing special now.
Score 2-1
Tom
1958 Quinta do Noval
- uncle tom
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1958 Noval
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Please post a picture of the bottle.
Please post a picture of the bottle.
Get an account on flickr or the like. Upload picture to account. Get URL of picture (right-click and select a menu item like Copy Image Location). Use an [img]Picture’s%20URL[/img] construct in a post. Done.uncle tom wrote:I was afraid you'd ask that..Please post a picture of the bottle.
Thought you’d be interested in a rarity, though it isn’t good. Provenance, as a reminder: Bonhams, 29 Nov 2007, auction # 15312, lot 817, described as ‟Unknown Port”.uncle tom wrote:PS: Thanks for the Borges '63!
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Tom,
I did this for the first time on Friday to load up the pictures of the Cockburn '67 following some instructions that Alan gave me. It is quite straightforward and worth a try.
Shout if you need a step-by-step guide based on my experience a few days ago.
Alex
I did this for the first time on Friday to load up the pictures of the Cockburn '67 following some instructions that Alan gave me. It is quite straightforward and worth a try.
Shout if you need a step-by-step guide based on my experience a few days ago.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: 1958 Noval
uncle tom wrote: The wine has quite a dark golden red-brown colour, and was probably glorious twenty years ago.
Still drinkable, but nothing special now.
Score 2-1
Tom
So not worth $300? I just saw a bottle for sale, and would have pulled the trigger had I not come across this lone TPF note. Thoughts?
Re: 1958 Noval
Noval not yet in its bad phase, but ’58 was seen at the time as a light serviceable vintage with no long life ahead of it, and the passage of time has not greatly modified that consensus.
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Re: 1958 Noval
Maybe worth it if it is the Nacional, not if it's the regular blend.Chris Doty wrote:uncle tom wrote: The wine has quite a dark golden red-brown colour, and was probably glorious twenty years ago.
Still drinkable, but nothing special now.
Score 2-1
Tom
So not worth $300? I just saw a bottle for sale, and would have pulled the trigger had I not come across this lone TPF note. Thoughts?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.