Quinta do Noval 2008 Vintage Port

Meantime, you’ll have picked up from my reports about Symington Family Estates and Fladgate that both preferred to declare the 2007 vintage over the 2008 vintage (see my reports here and here).  It’s not for the first time that Quinta do Noval (pictured) has been out of step with tradition and declared back-to-back vintages (for example, it did so in 1966 and 1967 and recently the 2003 and 2004).  As Noval’s Managing Director Christian Seely points out “if a wine is of the quality to be declared as a Quinta do Noval Vintage then we should do it… there was a small quantity of wines from the very best terroirs of the Quinta that we found simply irresistible.” And when he’s says small, that means less than 1,000 cases,  partly due to poor flowering as you’ll see from Noval’s vintage report below.

via www.thewinedetective.co.uk

Comments

[Kommentiert von: Axel Probst]

Romaneira hat er auch in beiden Jahren deklariert, also auch 07+08. Des Weiteren sind bisher folgende Ports in 2008 bekannt:
Croft da Roeda
Dow Senhora da Ribeira
Fonseca Panascal
Fonseca Guimaraens
Niepoort Pisca
Noval
Romaneira
Taylor Terra Feita
Taylor Vargellas
Vesuvio

[Kommentiert von: AP]

... ich habe Deine ausführliche Liste unten noch gar nicht gesehen. Brauchst Du also nicht zu veröffentlichen. Lg
Axel