1960 Quinta do Noval
1960 Noval
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Re: 1960 Noval
N60: nose is very floral. Taste is high-toned eucalyptus. Sweet, full rich length, medium weight.
For me, second-placed in the WOTN competition.
For me, second-placed in the WOTN competition.
- Chris Doty
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Re: 1960 Noval
Chlorine? At the outset, the nose was as if someone dumped 5 gallons of Vermont maple syrup into my swimming pool. Rather curious. Blew off after 30-45 minutes. Bit of cinnamon and nut meg. Not bad, per se, but I found this a little uninspiring. 83pts
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1960 Noval
Good colour, clear centre. Peaches and white cherries all over the very big nose. Terrific texture; lovely entry but afterta big wave of sweet red fruit the ripe orange acidity charges through. Massive aftertaste, full of mature sweet fruit with a very long finish. Super port. 91/100. My wine of the night.
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Re: 1960 Noval
This was the eighth port of the night and I was obviously getting into my stride with my usual brand of elaborate and overly-detailed tasting notes...
"Lemon - delicious - best so far by a stretch".
"Lemon - delicious - best so far by a stretch".
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: 1960 Noval
Shocking! I do hope that in the original you used em dashes (‟ ”) rather than mere hyphens (‟-”).DRT wrote:Lemon - delicious - best so far by a stretch.
Re: 1960 Noval
Oops! Sorry. I don't know what the unicode string is for an em dash when writing with a ball point pen.jdaw1 wrote:Shocking! I do hope that in the original you used em dashes (‟ ”) rather than mere hyphens (‟-”).DRT wrote:Lemon - delicious - best so far by a stretch.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn