Quinta do Noval Colheita reveals a lovely amber colour with a darker tawny core. It offers rich flavors of dried fruits, toffee, and toasted nuts, with a smooth, velvety texture. Its long finish reveals subtle hints of oak and warm spices, creating a complex and elegant profile. The Colheita is wonderful and seductive to drink now.
The Colheita Tawny Ports at Noval are true rarities, all from 100% estate grown grapes, which were trodden by foot and fermented in the lagares at the Quinta. These single-vintage tawnies are available in small quantities in the Douro to begin with; Colheita from 100% estate-grown fruit are nearly unheard of, and extraordinarily special wines. The wines spend their entire lives in old oak barrels until the moment of bottling, which takes place only when an order is received.
Food-Pairing
Quinta do Noval Colheita reveals a lovely amber colour with a darker tawny core. It offers rich flavors of dried fruits, toffee, and toasted nuts, with a smooth, velvety texture. Its long finish reveals subtle hints of oak and warm spices, creating a complex and elegant profile. The Colheita is wonderful and seductive to drink now.
The Colheita Tawny Ports at Noval are true rarities, all from 100% estate grown grapes, which were trodden by foot and fermented in the lagares at the Quinta. These single-vintage tawnies are available in small quantities in the Douro to begin with; Colheita from 100% estate-grown fruit are nearly unheard of, and extraordinarily special wines. The wines spend their entire lives in old oak barrels until the moment of bottling, which takes place only when an order is received.
Food-Pairing
Ideal as digestif and the perfect drink with chocolate (desserts), pudding, pear, nuts, melon, brie or camembert
Grapes: Tinta Barocca, Touriga Francesa, Touriga Nacional
In 2009 we had a wet and cold winter at Noval, springtime with little rain and a very dry summer with temperatures lower than average, except for the months of June and September. The vines were exposed to heat for a longer time during the day. Consequently, the vines preserved their leaves throughout the whole growing cycle, and an efficient distribution of water to the plant was achieved. Mild temperatures and low rainfall favored the flowering in the end of May. The ripening was early and even until mid-August, exploding after that due to high temperatures and very dry weather. At harvest the grapes were in excellent health and perfectly ripe.
Alcohol content
21,5%
Store & Serve
Continues to several months (4 to 6 months) after opening drinkable, if you always close the bottle with the original cork stopper and store it at a constant temperature of about 12 degrees. Serve at a temperature of 12-14 ° C. Drink until 2045
Critics & Awards
96/100 - The Wine Advocate Mark Squires
Another beauty in this wonderful Noval lineup, this, like so many of them, opens so rich and viscous that it seems simply astonishing that it is really this mature. It seems burly and youthful, fresh and invigorating. True, given the 2012 bottling date, it has not done much settling in the bottle—and those first tastes are often amazing. However, it was retasted in the USA as well some months later and over several days to boot. That rich, decadent first attack was still stunning a couple of days later, although the character and complexity were beginning to emerge then as well. Sugary on the finish, with those whiffs of brandy in the background despite the 21% listed alcohol, this showed fine grip and tannic power on the finish, yet it managed to maintain its balance thanks to the acidity mingling with the sugar. The lurking power is not always lurking, but the molasses-laced finish here is long and remarkable. That juicy finish simply made my mouth water. Every time I went back to it, it seemed quite spectacular.
