The name Quinta do Noval first appeared in land registers in the year 1715.  António José da Silva, a Port shipper from Gaia, father-in-law of Luiz Valsconcelos Porto, acquired Quinta do Noval in 1894 after its devastation by phylloxera. He restored the property by replanting its vineyards.

A new bottling line and warehouse was completed in 1997 in Alijo, near to Pinhão. This project made Quinta do Noval the first of the traditional Port shippers to centralise all its activities in the Douro Valley rather than in Vila Nova de Gaia near Porto.

Decating started at 1530 in the afternoon.

The wine already seemed ready for a serious tryout at 1600 o’clock.

It is a clear wine, red in the color with brown notes.

Good aroma, only some alcohol, but more fruit and maturity in the notes.

Warmth in the taste, alcohol and tannins in play. Maturity and cask, goes in play with the dried fruit notes. Great big raisin in the aftertaste.

Drink now.

Overall rating 90 / 100