2011 Quinta Do Noval Nacional Bottled 2013 - 100 Points 75cl / 19%

A bottle of Quinta do Noval Nacional 2011 vintage port. Nacional is produced from pre-phylloxera vines from a single vineyard and is a field blend of 20 to 30 indigenous grape varieties. This was bottled in 2013.

This lot comes from the cellar of our Whisky Exchange colleague; author, wine educator and fortified wine authority, the late Godfrey Spence.

'The 2011 Quinta do Noval Nacional has an entrancing bouquet that unfolds with time. It is extraordinarily concentrated with black currant pastilles, baked earth, a touch of terracotta and bay leaf that gains more dimension with time. Yet there is undeniable purity and elegance here, a seductive chorus of aromas perfectly in tune. The palate has a wondrous symmetry and focus, perfect acidity and immense purity. Everything here is so precise and at the same time, unassuming, as if this Nacional is aware of its breeding without the impulse to brag about it. It has closed down just a little since last year, but I take this as a positive sign that this legendary Nacional will delight for decades rather than years. This is the kind of elixir that leaves you speechless – surely the finest Nacional since the ethereal 1963. Drink 2020-2060. 100 Points' Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 2014

This 2011 Quinta Do Noval Nacional sold at our online auction for £700