The Winery Quinta do Noval of Porto of Duriense

Winery Quinta do Noval - Tawny Port
The winery offers 55 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the AXA Millesimes.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Duriense.
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Noval is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 55 wines for sale in of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Quinta do Noval wines

Looking for the best Winery Quinta do Noval wines in Porto among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Quinta do Noval wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Quinta do Noval wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Quinta do Noval

How Winery Quinta do Noval wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or sweet desserts such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, pasta gratin with comté cheese or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or licorice and sometimes also flavors of violet, strawberries or red fruit. In the mouth the natural sweet wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

  • 1937With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 1971With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1973With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1964With an average score of 4.75/5
  • 1978With an average score of 4.74/5
  • 1967With an average score of 4.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Quinta do Noval.

  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinto Cao
  • Touriga Francesa

Discovering the wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Quinta do Noval

How Winery Quinta do Noval wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef fashion, pasta with broccoli or risotto of penne with chorizo and merguez.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

On the nose the red wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black plum. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Quinta do Noval.

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinto Cao
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tinta Roriz
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

The top white wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Quinta do Noval

How Winery Quinta do Noval wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with saffron, happy new year bites or fish colombo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

On the nose the white wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Quinta do Noval. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Quinta do Noval

  • 2019With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.65/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Quinta do Noval.

  • Viosinho
  • Gouveio
  • Malvasia Fina

The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Quinta do Noval

Planning a wine route in the of Porto? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Quinta do Noval.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Quinta do Noval and wines from the region

Port producer proposes new classification for ‘young harvest’ releases

Albino Jorge Sousa, owner of Port estate Quinta da Boeira, said his proposal for a new classification called ‘Full Body-Young Harvest’ Ports would inject cashflow earlier for Port producers. Jorge Sousa urged the Port sector to ‘wake up’ to meet what he said was growing demand for younger Ports from wine buyers and importers over the past two years. His proposal comes amid wider efforts to help reinvigorate the Port category. This year, Portugal’s Port and Douro Wine Institute, the I ...

Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre

Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

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