Quinta do Noval LBV Port 2016

Name: Quinta do Noval LBV Port 2016
Brand: Gonzalez Byass
Price: 29.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

A world famous Port from a world famous house. Noval LBV always over delivers on quality.

Title

1 Bottle

Variants

£29.95

This wine is a remarkable example of the Noval style. Treated exactly like a Vintage Port with only noble grape varieties from the Quinta, trodden by foot and unfiltered. Its main difference is that it is aged for five years in casks instead of the two years typical of Vintage Ports. Definitely an LBV with a difference, with fine structured tannins, great freshness and purity of fruit. It is delicious to drink today but will age beautifully in its bottle.

Grapes were trodden by foot in the “lagares”, the traditional stone vats from the Quinta, to obtain the must. Then they are macerated during fermentation to obtain the best possible extraction of the polyphenolic compunds. Short fementation cycle of 3 days. Fermentation lasted 3 days.

Country	Portugal
Region	Douro
Grape	Touriga Nacional, Tourriga Franca, Tinta Cao, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao, Sousao
ABV	19.5%
Vintage	2016
Size	75cl
Type / Colour	Red
Style	Sweet, Fortified.

Summary & Details

Country, Portugal
Region, Douro
Grape,

Touriga Nacional
Touriga Francesa
Tinta Roriz
Tinto Cao
Sousao

BREAK;

Style, Fortified
ABV %, 19.5%
Vintage, 2106
Biodynamic,
Low Sulphur,
Low Intervention & Natural,
Organic,
Vegan,
Food pairing, Perfect with cheese, crackers and some nice chutney
Ratings & Awards,

The Vineyard

2016 was a year of extremes: a warm winter with high rainfall, at 618 mm twice as much as in an average year. After a wet spring, summer was very hot and dry, with some peaks of heat in August and September. By the end of August, the harvest looked extremely good, in excellent sanitary condition, but ripening began to slow down due to the very hot and dry conditions. Fortunately 17 mm of much needed rain fell on 13th September, and maturation continued in ideal conditions from this point onwards. The main part of the harvest began on 19th September in dry and sunny weather, and the fruit continued to ripen throughout the harvest
period. We were able to harvest each plot in ideal conditions as ripening continued.
In spite of the unusual and extreme climatic
conditions of the year, the end result is of an excellent quality. The Port wines are exceptional, with excellent structure, very intense bright fruit, and aromatically very expressive.

Delivery

UK Mainland

UK Mainland Delivery is £8.95. For orders over £125 delivery is free.
1 Bottle Delivery is £5.95.
Saturday delivery is available to UK Mainland only: £25.00 (please contact us to arrange).

Local Delivery SA1 - SA7 Postcodes

Free delivery is available to all those in SA1-SA7 postcodes of orders over £40.
For orders under £40 local delivery is £8.95.
Deliveries will typically be on a Next Day Service but longer if items are out of stock.

Non-UK Mainland

For non-Mainland UK delivery, prices are as follows:

Isle of Man - £15.95 
Highlands and Islands of Scotland - £14.95
Northern Ireland - £12.95
Jersey and Guernsey - £24.95
Isle of Wight - £8.95

Republic of Ireland (Southern Ireland) - We are unable to deliver to the Republic of Ireland without making prior enquiries. Apologies for any
inconvenience.