Winery Quinta do Noval - William Pickering Port

Winery Quinta do NovalWilliam Pickering Port

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 William Pickering Port of Winery Quinta do Noval is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the William Pickering Port from the Winery Quinta do Noval

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the William Pickering Port of Winery Quinta do Noval in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, toffee

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon

On the nose the William Pickering Port of Winery Quinta do Noval in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of oaky, coffee or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of caramel, raisin or toffee.

Details and technical informations about Winery Quinta do Noval's William Pickering Port.

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

Discover the grape variety: Othello

Interspecific cross between the Clinton and the frankenthal or black-hamburg obtained in 1859 by Charles Arnold of Paris in Canada (Brant County in Ontario). In France, it is one of the six hybrids prohibited since 1935 (included in the European regulations): the Clinton, the Herbemont, the Isabelle, the Jacquez, the Noah and the Othello. It has been used as a sire in several crosses, notably by Couderc and Seibel. Today, the Othello has practically disappeared.

Last vintages of this wine

William Pickering Port - 2018
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110
William Pickering Port - 2017
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
William Pickering Port - 2016
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.311110
William Pickering Port - 2015
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
William Pickering Port - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of William Pickering Port from Winery Quinta do Noval are 2015, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

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

Top wine Duriense
In the top 1500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 200 of of Porto wines
In the top 500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 30000 wines of the world

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 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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The word of the wine: Imperial

Bottle with a capacity of 6 liters (synonym of mathusalem).

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