1985 Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:30 pm
From day 2 of the 1985 horizontal, 24-25 Jan 2015, Holiday Inn Issaquah. All Ports were tasted blind. Unless otherwise noted, Ports were decanted for ~4 hours the morning of the tasting. The ones that I decanted received ~8 hours of decant overnight and were then stoppered for another ~6 hours until the tasting.
1985 Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port
This is one of the bottles that I decanted on Saturday night.
Color: Dark garnet with a slightly orange tint to it.
Nose: Cheesecake, faint raisins, and some cake batter.
Palate: Dryish. Really good acidity. Cranberry fruit with a mocha finish. Some faint VA.
Score: 87 points. I'm at the point where an underperforming Nacional no longer surprises me - I expect it. Either Nacional is just completely not my style of Port or I've never had a truly good one, because it seems like I generally have them rated in the upper 80s score-wise.
1985 Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port
This is one of the bottles that I decanted on Saturday night.
Color: Dark garnet with a slightly orange tint to it.
Nose: Cheesecake, faint raisins, and some cake batter.
Palate: Dryish. Really good acidity. Cranberry fruit with a mocha finish. Some faint VA.
Score: 87 points. I'm at the point where an underperforming Nacional no longer surprises me - I expect it. Either Nacional is just completely not my style of Port or I've never had a truly good one, because it seems like I generally have them rated in the upper 80s score-wise.