1945 Quinta do Noval

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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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1945 Quinta do Noval

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The annual Christmas event, this instance on Thursday 15th December 2011, as always in The Bell, Wendens Ambo, Essex CB11 4JY, and as always with the theme The Unknown Shipper and His Peculiar Friends.

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Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1945 Quinta do Noval

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A badly ullaged bottle. Mid red colour, holding some particulate; 60% opaque. Smelly on the nose, lots of bottle stink. Sweet, mild and sugary impact; long mid-palate of mild syrup. Hot aftertaste then a lingering length of good impact - big on the finish. 82/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Quinta do Vesuvio 1994
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Good red colour. Horrible bottle stink. In the mouth, some slight rounded cherries. Followed by long, woody, aftertaste but let down, alas, by the bottle stink.
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Very stinky. Thin, sugary and shot to pieces. What a pitty.
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