Noval Colheita 2005

Definition: This aged Tawny is produced of a single vintage from the Quinta, matured in cask for at least seven years and bottled on demand. It combines finesse and elegance with creamy, nutty characteristics and like Vintage Port will take on the style of the harvest year. This makes each year fascinatingly different, enabling the connoisseur of tawny port to sample the extraordinary richness and diversity that evolution in the barrel can give to wines from different years. Increasingly rare, these wines are the supreme expression of the old Tawny Ports.

Quinta do Noval lies in the Douro valley in Northern Portugal where great Port has been produced since 1715. Noval is unique among the great traditional Port houses in its emphasis on the importance of the vineyard. It is significant that the company is named after its vineyard, that it is entirely based in the Douro valley, that its principal Vintage Ports, Quinta do Noval Nacional and Quinta do Noval are both single vineyard wines. The target is to produce great classic Vintage Ports which are harmonious and elegant expressions of the terroir of Quinta do Noval. At Noval the vineyard is at the heart of everything they do.