TN: 2000 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 4 hours - Ex-cellars. Impenetrable deep red in colour. Little nose, but lots of swirling releases the blueberry of a young VP. In the mouth comes ripe, sweet fruit wrapped around a tannic structure. The tannins fade suddently in the mid-palate to the young, blueberry flavours. Length is extremely good and full of fruit. This is an excellent wine that is more restrained than the 2003 but, in my opinion, is preferable for that. Christian Seely speculated that the 2000 is starting to come out of its dumb phase and this bottle would support that view. 9/10 on Tom's scale. 93 points