Quinta do Noval

Quinta do Noval is one of the Douro Valley’s historic Port estates, with its name first recorded in 1715. The property rose to prominence in the early 20th century, particularly after boldly declaring a 1931 Vintage Port when most houses held back during the global depression; that wine, and the tiny-production “Nacional” bottling from ungrafted, native vines, became legendary among Port collectors and cemented Noval’s reputation. A period of renewal followed phylloxera and, more recently, the estate entered a mode…