Quinta do Noval: Vintage Port Nacional 2003

Decanter über: Vintage Port Nacional

-- Decanter: Late picked (mid-October) despite the hot summer, this Port is still very deep and opaque with a thin crimson rim. It's beautifully and unexpectedly open on the nose, with a magnificent, haunting floral fragrance of violets and rose petals. The palate is ripe and plummy, initially quite opulent with lovely ripe, broad tannins rising in the mouth. There's a bitter-chocolate intensity on the mid-palate, yielding to a glorious finish. Massive yet supremely elegant at the same time, this is already impressive but will be better still in five years. 350 cases declared. 100/100