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NV Quinta do Noval Black Ruby Reserve Port
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:51 pm
by Andy Velebil
Had another bottle of this over yesterday and tonight with similar results to my first bottle. Plenty of blackberries, crushed pepper, and lots of tannins all wrapped up in a medium-full bodied Port. Certainly a bottle that is worth the price and I'm glad I recently bought some more...and I'll be getting more real soon.
91 points.
Re: Quinta do Noval Black Port -- Reserve Ruby Port
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:59 am
by Marco D.
I just bought a bottle of this yesterday and was impressed. There is a lot of quality here for the money. Loaded with blackberry/blueberry pie filling, plums and slight peppery hints. A bit a spirit noticable, but wow is this rich and concentrated for the genre. Lucious and long. The waves of fruit really impress. I see the tanky aspect that Andy mentioned previously... almost as though I was tasting a tank sample from freshly crushed grapes. Looking forward to tasting this over the course of the week. (92)
2/23/2010
Re: Quinta do Noval Black Port -- Reserve Ruby Port
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:56 am
by Roy Hersh
Like Andy, I just finished my 2nd bottle with consistent notes. A serious Ruby Reserve and high quality effort. It is going to be interesting to see how the sales affect/compare to the likes of Bin 27, Warre's Warrior, Graham's Six Grapes etc. given that it costs 10-35% more. For example, Bin 27 can be found for $12.99 in CA and the least expensive I've seen the Noval Black is at $18.