Port Wine

Quinta do Noval

LBV 2016, 75cl

Douro

Quinta do Noval

2016 was a year of extremes: in a mild winter with high rainfall, the 618 mm was twice that of an average year. After a rainy spring, the summer was very hot and dry, with some extreme heat spikes in August and September. At the end of August the harvest looked to be of extremely high quality, in excellent phytosanitary conditions, but ripening began to slow down due to the very hot and dry conditions. Fortunately, 17 millimetres of much-needed rain fell on 13 September, and ripening continued under ideal conditions from that point onwards. The main part of the harvest began on 19 September with dry weather and plenty of sunshine, and the grapes continued to ripen throughout the remainder of the harvest. We were thus able to harvest each plot in ideal conditions as it ripened. Despite the unusual and extreme weather conditions of the year, the end result is of excellent quality. The wines are balanced and fresh, very aromatic and expressive. The dry red wines have good colour, are beautifully structured and have good acidity. The Port wines are exceptional, with excellent structure, intense, vibrant fruit and very expressive flavours.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Quinta do Noval

The property, with 145 hectares dominating the Pinhão Valley, is the soul and essence of Quinta do Noval. The soil is essentially composed of schist rock, making all vineyard work particularly difficult. Quinta do Noval replanted, since 1994, 100 hectares of vineyard with the noblest grape varieties of the Douro region, adapting pruning methods to the typology of the plots. The plots were replanted in batches of a single variety, each one chosen according to the characteristics of each parcel of land: altitude, sun exposure, and vine planting type.

Today, plots planted with mixed grape varieties are progressively disappearing from the Douro Valley. Noval was a pioneer in this trend, being the first to replant vineyards while conserving intact the magnificent traditional terraces with their walls of schist stone.

Quinta do Noval is the only historic Port wine shipper to bear the name of its estate. The identity of Quinta do Noval is rooted in its terroir.

The consistency of style of Quinta do Noval’s Vintage Ports over the decades is one of the particularities of Quinta do Noval in the world of Port. Consistency simply because all Vintage Ports come from a single vineyard, a magical place.

The place is so beautiful, so remarkable, that the idea of being part of something greater than us, that existed before us, and will exist after us, is always present. The notion of continuity is fundamental: our obligation to the past, our responsibility in the present for the vineyard and its wines, and our obligations to future generations who will tend the vineyard and produce wine as we do today.

Address

Quinta do Noval Vinhos, S.A.

Av. Diogo Leite, 256
4400-111 Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal