Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1997 Size::1 Bottle Syrah and Cinsault are hand-picked

Syrah and Cinsault are hand-picked on the stony clay and limestone soils of the Vinsobres region

fermentations are cool and slow

Made by Frogmore Creek wines

Cuvaison lasts 35 days with extraction via plunging and delestage (rack and return)

Quinta do Noval Tawny Port Colheita 1997 Size::1 Bottle Syrah and Cinsault are hand-pickedThe Portuguese word colheita means harvest. A Colheita Port must be from a single year and aged for a minimum of seven years in wood before bottling. In practice many are aged for considerably longer (as is the case at Noval) and so Colheita Ports can vary greatly in style. Novals Colheita is only made in exceptional years, when certain lots of wine with great aging potential are set aside to be aged in cascos (old casks with a capacity of 640