Caractéristiques
- Pays:
- Portugal
- Région:
- Vallée du Douro
- Appellation précise:
- Porto
- Millésime:
- 2004
- Couleur:
- Rouge
- Type de vin:
- Fortifié
- Format:
- Bouteille de 75cl
- Cépage(s):
- Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Sousão, Tinta Roriz
- Âge des vignes:
- Vieilles vignes
- Vinification:
- Foulage au pied pour obtenir le moût puis macération en lagares
- Elevage:
- Durant 18 mois en foudre de 25hl
- Sucres résiduels:
- 99 g/dm3
Dégustation et Garde
- Boire à partir de :
- 2014
- Apogée :
- 2024-2034
- Boire avant :
- Difficile de le dire...
- Conseil de service :
- Décanter, une fois ouvert à consommer dans les 2 jours
- Servir à :
- 15-17°
Description
Quinta Do Noval est surement l’une des Quinta des plus racées du Douro. Elle a été cédée par les Van Zeller au groupe Axa en 1993 (Pichon Longueville Baron à Pauillac, Petit Village à Pomerol, Suduiraut à Sauternes, Arlot à Vosne et Nuits-Saint-Georges, Disznoko à Tokaj…). Implantée à Pinhão, c’est la cuvée “Nacional” qui a fait la réputation de la maison ! Elle est issue d’une parcelle de vignes en franc de pied à partir de Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional, Sousão et Tinta Roriz. 18 mois d’élevage en foudre de 2500 litres.
L’expression aromatique est d’une race tout à fait extraordinaire. L’aromatique complexe ne cesse de se développer dans le verre sans jamais retomber en intensité. En bouche, c’est une main de fer dans un gant de velours : des saveurs puissantes exprimées tout en finesse. La structure tannique marquée demande un vieillissement de quelques années avant dégustation. On comprend pourquoi cette cuvée est la fierté de la “nation”.
Suggestion gourmande
Lièvre à la royale tout simplement !
Avis des Experts
The Wine Advocate
"The 2004 Vintage Port "Nacional" is a declared Vintage Port aged for 18 months in wooden casks. An old vines field blend, it comes in at just 79 grams per liter of residual sugar, rather dry on paper and in perception. Typically graceful and leaning on elegance in the mid-palate, it is laced with some herbs and rhubarb up front. It is very aromatic and it opens with a distinctive flavor profile compared to others in the Vintage Port lineup that I had open. In the mid-palate, it seems like a very fine table wine in some ways, showing remarkable finesse and focus, and a rather dry finish. It is completely closed and gives little. The structure and the underlying concentration are all obvious, though. They are classic and they make this a cellar candidate from the get-go. Despite being over a decade old, this is tight, firm, powerful and too young. After playing around with it for several days, I saw it finally begin to blossom, to show fresh fruit and something besides austerity. By the end of the week, it was far more evolved, showing its wonderful concentration, increasingly interesting intensity of flavor and a long finish. It is never obvious, but it is always quite gorgeous. This is an old school Port on an old school schedule. It needs cellaring. If extended aeration makes it at least a bit approachable, it is not exactly showing all it has and all it can be. Be patient--even if it is more approachable in a decade or so, that won't be even close to its peak. If you're patient and young, give it a try around 2040."
Vinous
"The 2017 Quinta do Noval Nacional, which was trodden under foot in lagares and matured in wood for 18 months, demands considerable aeration in the glass even after extended decanting. Eventually it offers an enthralling kaleidoscope of aromas of blackcurrants, clove, thyme and very subtle truffle aromas (not scents that I often find in young Vintage Port.) It is a mercurial bouquet that constantly shape-shifts in the glass. The palate is full-bodied with perfect balance. This is a faultless Vintage Port whatever way you look at it. From start to finish it conveys a sense of beguiling symmetry, a leitmotif of the 2017s, then astonishing energy and persistence towards the finish with cracked black pepper and clove liberally sprinkled over the vivacious black fruit. Sixty second after the wine has departed you can still feel its presence. This is an astonishing Nacional. Period."
Incontestablement l'un des plus grands Porto Vintage !