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Press release – April 29th, 2026
QUINTA DO NOVAL DECLARES 2024 VINTAGE PORT
Christian Seely, Managing Director of Quinta do Noval, comments:
“I am very happy to be able to announce the declaration of three exceptional 2024 Vintage Ports from Quinta do Noval: Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port 2024, Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2024 and Quinta do Passadouro Vintage Port 2024.
Conditions throughout the 2024 growing cycle were particularly favourable. A rainy winter and a spring with good water availability replenished the water reserves in the soil and encouraged an early budburst in March. The beginning of the summer was cool, delaying veraison until July and favouring a slow and even ripening of the grapes.
August was dry and, although some of the younger vines experienced a degree of water stress, the older vines remained in balance thanks to the water reserves retained in the soils. In September, conditions remained mild, with cool nights, allowing the grapes to continue ripening slowly and evenly, while preserving freshness, aromatic purity and balance.
The grapes, harvested in perfect conditions, arrived at the lagares ripe, healthy and beautifully balanced, with pure fruit, freshness and good phenolic ripeness.
Several plots of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Sousão were particularly noteworthy. The Nacional vineyard itself, together with several old mixed variety vineyard parcels, proved exceptional.
The wines show great purity of fruit, structure and aromatic depth. They are precise, refined and very well balanced, with a remarkable combination of elegance and intensity.
These are Vintage Ports that are already highly expressive in youth, yet possess the structure, depth and balance required for a long and promising evolution in bottle.”
For further press information, please contact Marine Castel Press Relations Officer
or UK PR Madeleine Waters
Gonzalez Byass UK, Quinta do Noval UK importer
contact: Robert Markham
Top 2025: Quevedo 1972 Colheita, b.2024. Just as good as Niepoort 1900!
2026: DR Very Old White, Graham Stone Terraces 2011, Quevedo Branco 1986 b.2026
