“ It will perhaps come as no surprise that we are declaring the Quinta do Noval 2018 Vintage Port,” said MD Christian...
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With the seventh consecutive declaration this decade, Quinta do Noval Vintage Port declarations have, increasingly, diverged from the norm. On the other...
I attended a special tasting of five decades of Quinta do Noval Vintage and Colheita Ports on the first of November, all...
The Douro Valley has had a run of great vintages. Vintage Ports were declared in 2015 and, last week, I very much...
I bumped into Christian Seely, Managing Director of Quinta do Noval, last month and enquired about 2015 – would Noval declare? As...
“[W]e continue to follow our slightly eccentric path at Noval,” says Quinta do Noval’s MD Christian Seely. Not just with the declaration of a Vintage...
In my recent post about Quinta do Noval 2012 Vintage Port I did say that Quinta do Noval has an idiosyncratic approach...
Made from 100% estate fruit Quinta do Noval may literally be a Single Quinta Vintage Port but, first and foremost, it’s regarded as...
Over the last few days I have been savouring the 2011 Vintage Port releases from Quinta do Noval. Without doubt they are...
This time last year, I visited Quinta do Noval – a real treat (see here). Surveying the property (pictured) with Christian Seely,...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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Hi Sarah, Thanks for this great post! Reading your reviews makes me happy that I have a few bottles of (the regular) Noval from 2015 onwards!! All
Thanks for the suggestion. I know Lance Foyster quite well. However I have just found the Wine Society are now listing an Encruzado for £15.50