1986 Quinta do Noval Colheita Port

Otto Nieminen · Post by **Otto Nieminen** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:44 pm

Quinta do Noval Colheita 1986 Bottled 2006; 20,5% abv; 37,90€

Pinkish-orange colour. The nose is floral, pleasantly (not overly) woody, with some citrus/orange and strawberry notes also. The palate is very sweet but with good acidity. The 20,5% alcohol is a little noticable (was not decanted), but is not disturbing. Refreshing and un-cloying aftertaste. Nice!

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:53 pm

Otto, good tn. I really enjoy Noval's Colheita's, including this one.

what is the other wine in the pic?

Otto Nieminen · Post by **Otto Nieminen** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:36 pm

Hello Andy, the other wine is Drouet Fils Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine La Sancive Sur Lie 2006. A servicable but unexciting Muscadet (Muscadet is one of my great loves).

Have you tasted older Noval Colheitas? How are they? Unfortunately the '86 is the only one available to me.

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:11 pm

The older colheita of Noval are much more exciting than the 86 that I find is lacking acidity at this moment.

There is a great trio in the 70's that is widely available and relatively cheap in Portugal depending on the wine shops : 71,74,76.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:26 pm

Fred is right, the 70's from Noval are great...and so are the 60's.

Jay Powers · Post by **Jay Powers** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:59 pm

The '74 is quite a nice example of Colheita, and still reasonably priced. The '37 is another although you will pay a bit more. For "everyday" Colheita (did I really say that?), the '74 is hard to beat.

Jay

Mark DaSilva · Post by **Mark DaSilva** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:05 pm

I understand the 71 is a great one too.

Gary Banker · Post by **Gary Banker** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:48 am

The only Quinta do Noval colheita that I've had is the 1971. It's the oldest and best colheita that I've had, so far.

It appears that everyone produced a colheita in 1986. I've recently had Niepoort, Dow, Kopke, and Delaforce. I plan to get a Smith Woodhouse this week.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:48 am

1986 was a pretty good year for Cohleita's, I've had a number of them the past couple of years and can't recall having a bad one so far.