As Classificações do Quinta do Noval Vintage 2018.
Updated October 22, 2020
97/100 WineAnorak.com
Jamie Goode
June 27, 2020
[…] This has a fresh, slightly minty palate with focused, linear black
fruits, showing good structure and density. There are some savoury,
tarry, olive and herb notes here, providing a good counter to the sweet,
linear fruit. Serious stuff with good potential for long ageing: this is
pretty structured, but it also has lovely fruit and nice sweetness.
96/100 Wine Enthusiast
Roger Voss
August 2020
Cellar Selection.
96/100 Wine-pages.com
Tom Cannavan
September 7, 2020
[…]Just superb in the mouth. The gloss and the weight of the black fruit
is fabulous – silk and satin, but the cocoa and damson depth is given
additional luminescence by a sweet confture blueberry, before the
suede-like, very fine tannins wrap themselves around the finish, the
juicy acidity already very well integrated. This is a sensuous and fullyrealised young Port, surely with decades ahead of it.
95+/100 Robertparker.com
Mark Squires
September 10,2020
Simply gorgeous, this is aromatic, chock-full of flavor and wholly
delicious—but that’s just the starting point. It has a serious backbone
too, perfectly countered by the mid-palate depth. More than lovely, it
might well be my favorite of the 2018s I’ve seen thus far, if I were
forced to pick just one. It is surprisingly accessible, in a way, but that’s
because the mid-palate soaks up the power. It was certainly still vibrant
days later. […]
95/100 Vinous.com
Neal Martin
June 24, 2020
The 2018 Quinta do Noval is exuberant and calls out for attention on
the nose: black plums, sage, cloves and potent scents of fireside
hearth. Lovely definition here and very focused. The palate is
medium-bodied with finely chiseled tannins, smooth and disarmingly
harmonious. It fans out with confidence and delivers Oriental spices,
hoisin, tobacco and black pepper on the very persistent finish. This is a
superb Quinta do Noval.
19/20 Richardmayson.com
Richard Mayson
June 5, 2020
[…] lovely super-ripe blackberry / cassis fruit initially, wonderful
freshness, vitality and verve, backed by broad, ripe tannins and a long
powerful finish. This has it all!
19/20 Evasoes.pt
Fernando Melo
October 11, 2020
[…] Evolui para uma dualidade atraente, entre notas de rebuçado
concentrado e impressões terrosas de cogumelos frescos. Taninos
incrivelmente finos, vinho indestrutível, cheio de futuro.
97-98+/100 Gregsherwoodmw.com
Greg Sherwood
MW
June 20, 2020
[…] Another block buster from this tiny but awesome vintage. If
Vintage Port is your weakness, this ones going to blow you away!
Noval’s ongoing high quality vintage run continues.
Quinta do Noval Vintage 2018
18,5/20 Grandes Escolhas
Nuno Oliveira Garcia
July 2020
[…] Um Noval que mantém o carácter e a certeza de longevidade, mas
a permitir que nos aproximemos deles desde já. Fantástico!
17,5/20 Revista de Vinhos
Manuel Moreira
September 2020
Fruta Madura, elegância e finesse, chocolate negro. Taninos de calibre
elevado, impressão de frescura e secura a contradizer a madurez do
aroma. Profundo e ainda muito jovem.
Thewinedetective.co.uk
Sarah Ahmed
July 13, 2020
A tight, sooty, mineral nose and attack, with a plume of powdery
tannins. Sturdy, tightly coiled, with bitter chocolate and fleeting glimpses
of blackberry and violets, making for an emphatically mineral-tasting
palate. An hour later, opening up a touch, blackcurrant, mulberry,
blackberry, violets peek through, with citrus hints – orange
blossom/peel and grapefruit oil –to the back palate. On day two, it has
moved into a different gear. Parrying tannin and acidity animate the
palate – a vigorous swirl of chocolate and liquorice-edged plum and red
and black berry and currant fruits, with violets, orange blossom and
grapefruit peel lift. It finishes long, spicy, very deep, with lashings of
fine, fine cocoa tannins, minerals and spice – great sense of tip-to-toe
dry extract.
