Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1995 (with Gift Box) rawdiscountedluc savoury wine

savoury wine

producing wines with great intensity and individuality

on gravelly chalky loam

harmonious mouth feel finishing with pleasing persistence

The Cabernet fruit was picked from our Upton Run vineyard in early April

Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1995 (with Gift Box) rawdiscountedluc savoury wineThe Portuguese word colheita means harvest. A Colheita Port must be from a single year and aged for a minimum of seven years in wood before bottling. In practice, many are aged for considerably longer (as is the case at Noval), and so Colheita Ports can vary greatly in style. Novals Colheita is only made in exceptional years, when certain lots of wine with great aging potential are set aside to be aged in cascos (old casks with a capacity of 640