Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1995 (with Gift Box) rawdiscountedluc denoch saftig

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The Cabernet fruit was picked from our Upton Run vineyard in early April

A wild ferment was followed by malolactic fermentation and the wine was aged for six months on lees in barrel and then further sur lattes

savoury wine

sloes and cherries on the nose and palate

Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1995 (with Gift Box) rawdiscountedluc denoch saftigThe Portuguese word colheita means harvest. A Colheita Port must be from a single year and aged for a minimum of seven years in wood before bottling. In practice, many are aged for considerably longer (as is the case at Noval), and so Colheita Ports can vary greatly in style. Novals Colheita is only made in exceptional years, when certain lots of wine with great aging potential are set aside to be aged in cascos (old casks with a capacity of 640