Just registered here although I've been reading TPF tasting notes and threads for over a year now. The site and your discussions have been most helpful in finding great wines and buys many many times..
I'm a port enthusiast from Finland which has it's limitations - what with having a monopoly in alcohol retail and huge taxes
Anyways I've been stocking up on port as well as experiences with different wines for a while now and hopefully will also be able to contribute tasting notes etc. in the future too.
Mainly I've been buying my port from the UK and also from Portugal, whenever good deals can be had
Back on topic, I thought I'd seek expert help with a recent purchase I made. I bought a batch of Noval 66 recently for a decent price, but the pics the broker sent me of the bottles turned out quite interesting (see attached pics)! As you can see the little band on the bottles says Nacional and also the capsule reads Noval 1966 Nacional...
Exhaustive googling ensued and I found a few pics of Nacional '66 bottles - I think the capsules look remarkably similar and some bottles also seem to have an identical band to the bottles I purchased. Provenance isn't completely clear although the broker said the bottles have been untouched in their cellar for the last 10-15 years.
So, before I get to cracking one open and having a look at the cork, what do you guys think? Are these Nacionals, regular Noval VPs or something else (hopefully not the latter!)?
Cheers
Heikki