Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage 2024

Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage 2024

The Nacional parcel occupies a small plot at the centre of Quinta do Noval, planted with ungrafted, own-rooted vines that phylloxera never reached. It has its own logic within the estate: in some years it delivers a Nacional even when the regular Quinta do Noval Vintage isn't declared, and in others the reverse is true. The two rarely follow the same pattern.
 
Grapes were picked on 30 September and vinified the traditional way — foot-trodden in granite lagares — before eighteen months of maturation in 2,500-litre oak and chestnut casks. The blend is a field mix of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz and Sousão, planted and harvested together as a single parcel rather than assembled afterwards.
 
Technical Director Carlos Agrellos (April 2026) describes a wine of near-opaque depth, with wild berry, black cherry and plum fruit layered against dark chocolate, liquorice and spice. On the palate it shows concentration and precision, broad tannins and a freshness that gives the wine shape, closing on a long finish. He rates its ageing potential at up to a century.
 
Analysis: 19.5% vol · 108 g/l residual sugar · 4.8 g/l total acidity · pH 3.62