Quinta do Noval has declared three 2024 vintages – Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2024; Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port 2024; and Quinta do Passadouro Vintage Port 2024. The house also declared a 2023 vintage for the these three ports last year. Quinta do Noval is the latest in a string of leading producers who have made declarations this year, including Fladgate Family Wines, which described 2024 as the first ‘general declaration’ since 2017 ( as Harpers reported ). Quinta do Noval said that conditions during the 2024 growing cycle were “particularly favourable” with a rainy winter and good spring replenishing the water reserves in the soil – encouraging an early budburst in March. Furthermore, a cool beginning to summer delayed veraison until July, allowing for slow and even grape ripening, and while August was dry, the water reserves in the soil kept many of the vines in balance. A mild September also helped the grapes to ripen at a steady pace, resulting in healthy, ...