Quinta do Noval Late Bottled Vintage 2018 Unfiltered
€ 23.85
| Producer | Quinta do Noval |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão |
| Ageing | 5 years in large oak vats, unfiltered |
| Alcohol | 19.5%vol |
| Serving | 12-14°C Keeps 4-6 months once opened, with the original stopper and at a constant 12°C |
Noval’s unfiltered 2018 LBV: the ‘baby Vintage’ from the house that invented LBV.
Tasting note
Fine, structured tannins, great freshness and purity of fruit. Lush ripe fruit and notes of dark, bitter chocolate, already delicious now, but with the structure to age beautifully.
The story
According to Noval, the house created the first Late Bottled Vintage in 1958. This unfiltered LBV is made like a Vintage Port, only with noble grapes from the quinta, foot-trodden and unfiltered. The difference: it ages for four to five years in wooden casks instead of two. Noval calls it its ‘baby Vintage’.
Fermentation in stainless steel tanks, followed by five years in large oak vats.
Food pairing
Delicious with chocolate desserts, especially dark, bitter chocolate, with foie gras and cheeses such as Cheddar, Gouda, Brie, Stilton, Roquefort and Portuguese cheeses. Also with spicy dishes of red meat, game, lamb or veal. The pairing that beats them all: LBV with pepper steak.
The producer
Quinta do Noval appears in the land registry as early as 1715 and lies in the Pinhão valley, in the heart of the Douro. In 1894 the Port shipper António José da Silva bought the estate, and his family ran it for almost a century. In 1993 Noval passed to AXA Millésimes, with Christian Seely at the helm, who had most of the vineyards replanted.
Noval’s most famous asset is Nacional: a small plot of ungrafted vines, never touched by phylloxera, right by the house. It yields a Vintage Port only in exceptional years, in tiny quantities. At Noval the grapes are still foot-trodden in stone lagares.
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