Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2016
€72.50Price
Reviews and Awards:
. 98 points in Wine Spectator Magazine;
. 98 points in James Suckling;
. 97 points in Robert Parker;
. 19 points in Vinho Grandes Escolhas;
. 18,5 points in Revista de Vinhos.
Characteristics of the vintage 2016
2016 was a year of extremes: a warm winter with high rainfall, at 618 mm twice as much as in an average year. After a wet spring, summer was very hot and dry, with some peaks of heat in August and September .
By the end of August, the harvest looked extremely good, in excellent sanitary condition, but ripening began to slow down due to the very hot and dry conditions. Fortunately 17 mm of much needed rain fell on 13th September, and maturation continued in ideal conditions from this point onwards.