Nacional 2019 Quinta do Noval

Classificatie	Cru Classe
Wijnsoort	Versterkt
Producent	Quinta do Noval
Jaar	2019
Land	Portugal
Streek	Douro
Druif	Port Blend
Inhoud	0,75
Conditie	In originele verpakking
Etiket	Perfect
Drinkbaar	2024-2070
Voorraad	1

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (99)

The 2019 Vintage Port Nacional is a field blend, mostly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Sousão and Tinta Roriz, aged for 18 months in old wood. It was bottled May 4, 2021, with 100 grams of residual sugar and 19.4% alcohol. This opened rather differently than the regular Noval Port this report, showing more open and expressive fruit, more cherries and even more power as they both aired out. The aromatics are excellent here too, but more fruit driven. When I came back to both some two days later, this brilliant and graceful Nacional made the wonderful regular Noval seem clumsy. It's the difference in styles, really, and reasonable minds might differ in preference, but this Nacional has more precision and more finesse. It is brighter and laser-like focused with an expression of fruit that seems so pure that you can almost think they used a spoon to fill the bottle after just crushing the grapes. The regular Noval, by contrast, seems rounder, more full-bodied and richer, albeit less defined.

BOW (9)

Jancis Robinson (19.50)

Full bottle 1,354 g. Small vineyard of ungrafted vines within the Noval estate. A blend of Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional, Sousão and Tinta Roriz. Grapes are trodden by foot to obtain the must, then during fermentation macerate to obtain the best possible extraction in the lagares. Aged 18 months in wood. RS 100 g/l.
Black to the rim – there is virtually no rim! Aroma is completely different from the Quinta do Noval 2019. This is more open, with blueberry and vanilla. On the palate, the tannins are firmer and offer more resistance but still smoothed in texture. There's a dark, savoury, almost charry quality on the palate but it's more texture than flavour. Outstanding length like a long plateau of deep consistency which will need time to take on a more specific shape. Sip slowly. (JH)

Falstaff (98)

Opaque ruby shines in the glass while purple hints still linger. On the nose, blueberry, plum and blackberry unite in an aromatic trio that has exquisite floral overtones of violet and peony. The fortification spirit still has immense lift, carrying with it notions of liquorice and fragrant black cherry, but the palate seems to smooth this all out. The body is possessed of a wonderful unity, a fragrant, defining freshness, an immensely dense but fine web of tannins. The purity of the fruit, more red than black on the palate, is disarming, its pristine and precise nature is utterly disarming. Incredible, elegant, defined, sleek, eternal.

Wine Enthusiast (98)

This iconic Port comes from a small parcel of ungrafted vines close to the house at Noval. This latest incarnation is wonderfully perfumed, with powerful, ageworthy tannins. It is dry and boldly structured, with a rich plum core that's bolstered by piercing acidity.