Quinta do Noval Vintage 2016 com embalagem

Quinta do Noval Vintage Port is characterized by its purity of fruit and a fine and delicate quality that is typical of the estate's wines in general, but which finds its most notable and lasting expression in Vintage Ports. Balance, harmony, finesse and elegance are the hallmarks of our great Vintage Ports, which are declared only when we believe that the year has produced a blend, however small, worthy of the Quinta do Noval stamp. Quinta do Noval follows its own path with regard to Vintage Port wines. If we believe we have wines with the quality and personality of the Quinta do Noval Vintage Ports of previous years, we do not hesitate to declare and bottle them, even if that means doing it in consecutive years and, as is often the case, bottling just a few hundred cases. of Quinta do Noval Vintage Port, which only represent a small percentage of the Quinta's total production. Of course, in great years, when there is unanimity among Port wine producers and a general declaration, Quinta do Noval also declares its wine and perhaps in greater quantities than usual. But in any given year, the requirements in Noval's tasting room are always extremely strict, and even in the most generous years the volume of Vintage Port declared is extremely small: a maximum of 20% of the production of our great terroir.

HARVEST CHARACTERISTICS 2016
2016 was a year of extremes: in a mild winter with high rainfall, 618 mm was twice as high as in an average year. After a rainy spring, the summer was very hot and dry, with some extreme heat peaks in
August and september. At the end of August the harvest seemed to be of extreme quality, in
excellent phytosanitary conditions, however maturation started to delay due to the very hot and dry conditions. Fortunately, a much-needed 17 millimeters of rain fell on September 13, and maturation proceeded in conditions
ideals from that point on. The main part of the harvest started on the 19th of September with dry weather and lots of sun, and the grapes continued to ripen throughout the remainder of the harvest. In this way, we managed to harvest each plot in ideal conditions as it matured. Despite the unusual and extreme weather conditions of the year, the end result is of excellent quality. The wines are
balanced and fresh, very aromatic and expressive. Dry red wines have good color, are beautiful, well structured and with good acidity. Port wines are exceptional, with excellent structure, intense fruit, vibrant and aromatically very expressive.

VINIFICATION
The grapes are trodden by foot in the presses to obtain the must, and then macerated during fermentation to obtain the best possible extraction.