A wine of pure and total pleasure

California raisin and dried flower emerging

medicinal herb and crushed mineral

if not complexity

drink this beauty anytime over the coming 12-15 years

Quinta Noval, Vintage other_regions A wine of pure andThe Quinta do Noval Vintage 2003 has a gorgeous raisin, fig and clove scented bouquet with more freshness than the whole of Pomerol combined. As Christian Seely quipped, the vines are accustomed to the heat . It unfolds in the glass, gaining vigor, if not complexity, with touches of leather, California raisin and dried flower emerging. The palate is medium bodied with very supple tannins, dishing out lovely ripe and intense blackberry, leather, sage,