Quinta do Noval Winery Guide

Wines produced

• Noval Extra Dry White

  Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Rabigato and Códega undergo 50% pellicular maceration and 50% non-pellicular maceration in temperature controlled stainless steel vats. Ageing is carried out for an average of 2 years, 90% in old wooden vats and 10% in stainless steel. Subtle, fruity and light, this is a refreshing aperitif served on its own or as a Port tonic.
• Noval Tawny 20 Year Old

  A blend of old Ports from differnt vintages that have spent their entire maturation in oak casks. The average age of the blend when bottled being 20 years. This is a superb example of Noval Tawny Ports; fine, elegant and long.
• Noval Tawny 40 Year Old

  As the 20 Year Tawny, this is a blend of old Ports from differnt vintages that have spent their entire maturation in oak casks, in this case the average age is 40 years. Rich and dark brown in color from the ageing, yet in the mouth it expresses an incredible freshness – exquisite.
• Quinta do Noval Vintage

  Vintage is only declared in the most exceptional years and when the wines come up to the demanding Noval standards. Balance, finesse and elegance are essential characteristics. The wines selected for the Quinta do Noval Vintage Port blend account for a minimal proportion of the total production. 2011 and 2008 were optimum Vintages in recent years.
• Quinta do Noval Colheita

  These are old Tawny style ports, i.e. matured in casks, but whereas Tawny Ports of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years are blends of many vintages with an average age. The Colheita is from a single vintage, making them even more distinctive and unique. The Colheita ports are bottled and commercialized after 10 to 12 years of ageing.
• Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage

  • Sousão
  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Tinto Cão
  • Touriga Franca (Touriga Francesa)
  • Touriga Nacional
  his is a unique Vintage Port produced from the grapes of the “Nacional” plot, a small plot of ungrafted vines, that were untouched by phylloxera. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Sousão. Ageing is in seasoned 2,500 litre oak vats following traditional vinification of foot-terdding and fermentation in lagares.
• Quinta do Noval LBV Unfiltered Single Vineyard

  Produced as a Vintage port; the grapes are trodden by foot, undergo fermentation in lagares and ageing in oak casks, but in this case for 4 years instead of 2 years, as for a Classic Vintage. Hence the name “Late Bottled Vintage”, a vintage port bottled later. The resulting port is incredibly smooth and ready to drink straight after bottling.
• Cedro do Noval

  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Tinto Cão
  • Touriga Franca (Touriga Francesa)
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 18 months in barrel
  Named after the symbolic cedar tree which provides glorious natural shade over the terrace. Cedro do Noval is a blend of the noble Douro grape varieties (Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão) with a touch of Syrah. Remontage is carried out in stainless steel vats at 26ºC. Ageing is for 18 months in French oak casks.
• Quinta do Noval Touriga Nacional

  • Touriga Nacional
  • 18 months in barrel
  100% Touriga Nacional. Remontage is carried out in stainless steel vats at 26ºC. Ageing is for 18 months in French oak casks. A fine example of how this noble, native grape expresses itself.
• Labrador Syrah

  • 18 months in barrel
  100% Syrah. Remontage is carried out in stainless steel vats at 26ºC. Ageing is for 18 months in French oak casks. As Christian Seely states “Syrah adapts perfectly to the Douro. It expresses a very Douro-style personality rather than being typically Syrah”.
• Maria Mansa

  • Tinta Roriz (Aragonês)
  • Tinto Cão
  • Touriga Franca (Touriga Francesa)
  • Touriga Nacional
  • 14 months in barrel
  A blend of the noblest of the classic Douro varieties: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão. Vinification is carried out in specially designed conical stainless steel temperature controlled vats, within a temperature range of 25-28°C. Aged for 14 months in French oak barrels of different ages. A very fresh expression of the Douro varieties, ready for drinking as soon as its bottled.