1963 Quinta do Noval

[Alex Bridgeman]

Very pale, almost no colour at all, pure pale orange. The nose was strange, mostly volatile shoe polish. Sweet initial impact and a much better palate than was expected. Pure tertiary flavours, with a great acidity balancing out a coffee and orange peel flavour. Actually more interesting that initial expectations. Quite thick in texture. SOme heat on the aftertaste, which changes into a long and luxuriant finish of rich orange peel. 91/100. Drunk 27 September 2010.

[jdaw1]

In The Douro Valley with Friends, Harvest 2010:

• Friday 24 September 2010
  • 1992 Vesuvio reserve colheita;
  • 1960 Fonseca (α alpha);
  • 1963 Graham (β beta);
  • 1963 Taylor (γ gamma);
  • 1977 Graham (tregnum) (δ delta);
• Saturday 25 September 2010
  • 1970 Niepoort (η eta);
  • 1977 Gould Campbell (θ theta);
  • 1970 Warre (ι iota);
  • 1960 Dow (κ kappa);
  • 1970 Dow (λ lambda);
  • 1958 Warre (μ mu);
  • 1934 Warre (ν nu);
• Sunday 26 September 2010
  • 1963 Fonseca (Ï„ tau);
  • 1966 Fonseca (Ï… upsilon);
  • 1970 Fonseca (φ phi);
  • 1977 Fonseca (χ chi);
  • 1994 Vesuvio (ψ psi);
• Monday 27 September 2010, afternoon
  • 1992 Quevedo colheita (а a);
  • 1994 Quevedo colheita (б be);
  • 1996 Quevedo colheita (в ve);
  • 2000 Quevedo colheita (г ge);
  • 2004 Quevedo LBV (д de);
  • 2008 Quevedo Quinta Vale D’Agodinho (е ie);
  • 1970 Offley Boa Vista;
• Monday 27 September 2010, evening
  • 1970 Gould Campbell;
  • 1963 Quinta do Noval;
  • 1967 Martinez;
  • 1983 Quinta do Noval Nacional (#1);
  • 1983 Quinta do Noval Nacional (#2);
  • 1968 Quinta do Noval colheita;
  • 1965 Quinta do Noval Crusted;
  • 1963 Cockburn;
  • 1970 Taylor.

[jdaw1]

N63, bottled by Tanners. Pink-0orange, 10% opacity. Nosing of varnish sweetness. To taste rather ethereal and faded. Too light.

[DRT]

bottled by Tanners

I think you have confused this with the GC70. The N63 was Oporto bottled. I know because I donated both bottles.

[jdaw1]

Having fished my notes from the bin, I can confirm that they were:
• Correctly typed into ThePortForum;
• Incorrectly written.

Apologies.