Quinta do Noval article
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Quinta do Noval article
Worth a look: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/ ... -approach/
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nac wrote: ↑14:35 Wed 17 Aug 2022 Worth a look: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/ ... -approach/
Besides Vesuvio, of course, who if memory serves have only missed 2 vintages since 1989.none quite as radically as Quinta do Noval

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Plus both '20 and '21 because of no foot treading.
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Re: Quinta do Noval article
Since the claim seems to be based on the run from 2011, aren’t there quite a few others? Quevedo, for example. And maybe Niepoort, too?
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Wouldn't surprise me, but I haven't paid close enough attention to know for sure.
2014 also? Hmm... didn't know that. Was it really that poor of a year or just a bad one at Vesuvio?
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2014: I think that was a wet year where a few people who picked really early or really late made a decent wine. My experience of 2014 is that they are quite old fashioned in style with big, green tannins.
Top Ports in 2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!