1997 Quinta do Noval, Nacional, Port, Portugal

  • Red
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
Ready - youthful (Drink 2019 - 2057)
James Suckling
100/100
Robert Parker
100/100
Jancis Robinson MW
20/20
Neal Martin MW
96/100
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1997 Quinta do Noval, Nacional, Port, Portugal
Colour Red
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 1997
Maturity Ready - youthful (2019 - 2057)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Quinta do Noval

Critics reviews

James Suckling 100/100
Dark ruby with some violet colour. Black cherries and red cherries. Some spices. This is very powerful. It’s full and chewy with a depth and length that goes on for minutes. Really great. Tight at the end. Harmony and depth. Triumph. Surprise. If you want to drink this now, decant five or six hours before. Drink or holdjames_suckling, jamessuckling_com (January 2023)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jan 2023)
Robert Parker 100/100
The 1997 Nacional is a legend from this pre-phylloxera vineyard. The colour is a saturated black/purple. The nose reveals floral scents intermixed with coffee, blackberries, tar, cassis, liquorice, and chocolate. Extremely full-bodied but less massive and seamless, this spectacular Nacional will reach its plateau of maturity quickly, where it will remain for 2-3 decades. Drink 2007 - 2040Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate (January 2000)
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Jan 2000)
Jancis Robinson MW 20/20
Blackish, very deep crimson with a crimson rim. Seems more evolved on the nose than the regular 1997 and with masses of rich sweet fruit in the forefront, although the tannins and the alcohol slightly impose on the finish. Very beguiling and dramatic. It would be very tempting to drink this now, but the second half of the tasting experience suggests one should keep it really quite a while!Drink 2017 - 2070jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (December 2013)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Dec 2013)
Neal Martin MW 96/100
The Quinta Do Noval Nacional 1997 has a fragrant bouquet that boasts more delineation than the Vintage Noval, although it demonstrates approximately the same degree of vigour. A fine mineral component on the nose with macerated dark cherries, hoisin, cigar box and dried fig seems to multiply exponentially with vigour. The palate is elegant on the entry with supple rounded tannins, well-judged acidity and purity, building gently in the mouth from its understated entry towards its peacock tail of mulberry, clove and raisin towards the finish. This is a step up from the 1994 Nacional, though if you want to split hairs, it does not possess the mind-boggling complexity of later vintages. However, it does purr with class. Drink 2014 - 2045Neil Martin, Wine Advocate (April 2014)
Neal Martin MW, RobertParker.com (Apr 2014)

About this wine

Quinta do Noval

Quinta do Noval was first owned, for more than a century, by the Rebello Valente family who were given it by the Marquês do Pombal, Portugal’s Prime Minister. It was later owned by the Van Zeller family who had to rebuild following a catastrophic fire in 1981. Finally Quinta do Noval was sold to AXA insurance group in May 1993.
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Porto

Rich, saccharine, intensely-flavoured and, at their best, wonderfully majestic and harmonious, these are wines to be savoured on their own, or with a fine chunk of cheese after a meal. Port comes from the stunning Douro region of Portugal, about 50 miles east of Oporto, and is made in two different styles: bottle-aged and cask-aged.
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