Winery Quinta do Noval - Douro

Winery Quinta do NovalDouro

4.3
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Douro of Winery Quinta do Noval is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinto cão, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
The Douro of the Winery Quinta do Noval is in the top 50 of wines of Douro.

Taste structure of the Douro from the Winery Quinta do Noval

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Douro of Winery Quinta do Noval in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with spices taste

licorice, pepper

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Douro of Winery Quinta do Noval in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cedar or black currant and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, mushroom or clove.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Noval's Douro.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Douro - 2017
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Douro - 2016
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Douro - 2015
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Douro - 2014
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Douro - 2012
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Douro - 2011
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Douro - 2010
In the top 50 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Douro from Winery Quinta do Noval are 2011, 2017, 2016, 2012 and 2009.

Informations about the Winery Quinta do Noval

The winery offers 55 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the AXA Millesimes.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Quinta do Noval is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 300 of of Portugal wines
In the top 55 of of Douro wines
In the top 4500 of red wines
In the top 6000 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.

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