Quinta do Noval Porto 10 Year Old Tawny Tuscany youthfully austere and notably firm

youthfully austere and notably firm finish

soft spice and game hints

from barrel immediately prior to bottling and in bottle

This is a big wine even by the outsized standards of a great Clos de la Roche yet the balance is faultless

Lovely quality and overall this is a fine Nuits villages

Quinta do Noval Porto 10 Year Old Tawny Tuscany youthfully austere and notably firmQuinta do Novel s 10 Year Old Tawny exhibits a light ruby garnet color, sweet jammy fruit, nice spice, cedar and smoke in the nose, and good concentration. Tawny ports are aged in wood from essentially a solera system for the number of years indicated on the bottle. In most cases I prefer the younger ten or twenty year Tawnys to the ancient forty to fifty year old wines, but it is really a matter of taste. I tend to like more fruit rather than the