TN: 2001 Quinta do Noval LBV Port
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:14 am
Decant: 24 hours - Unfiltered LBV. Purple, purple, purple in colour ... and it was opaque. Lovely scents of kumquats and fresh hyacinth flowers on the nose. Soft texture in the mouth, but tannins come flooding through all the fruit and dominate harshly. The fruit is there, but the tannins dominte everywhere. The aftertaste is hollow at first but gives hints and a ghost of what might be to come. Lots of potential, but also some gaps in what I would expect at this age - I would love to be able to try this again in 10 years. 89 points