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The Winery
Fonseca
With three quintas or estates, throughout the Douro region of Portugal, Fonseca is a port house recognized for a lush and exotic style of its vintage releases. In 1815 the Fonseca and Monteiro families founded the house, but by 1949 the company was sold to Taylor Fladgate which had loaned Fonseca considerable sums since the outbreak of war in 1939.
Each estate that Fonseca owns is responsible for different and complex wines ranging from rich and jammy Quinta do Panascal in the Távora Valley to the tannic and dense Quinta do Cruzerio and Quinta de Santo Antonio in the Pinhão Valley. Through the years Fonseca has built a loyal community of Port enthusiasts who value its distinctiveness and unmatched character of its wines.
Tasting Notes
- JS100
- Vintage Port doesn`t seem like the right wine in the middle of the summer but I had an Amarone producer for dinner the other night in Tuscany and he had never drunk a wine from his birth year. He was lucky enough to have been born in 1977 - a great Port year! I found a bottle of 1977 Fonseca in my cellar - probably my last. It was absolutely gorgeous. I gave this fortified wine a perfect score in its youth and I think it has finally evolved into its perfection as a mature vintage Port. Here is the tasting note. 1977 Fonseca Vintage Port: This is in total balance now with such harmony. What amazing aromas of berry and flowers. Full and sweet, the tannins are complete dissolved. The fruit is perfect. This goes on for minutes. Drink now. But it will go forever.
- WS100
- What a Vintage Port. Dark ruby center, with a dark garnet edge. Aromas of flowers, blackberry and licorice. Subtle and complex. Wow. What a palate. Full, concentrated and rich, yet balanced and beautiful. Solid and sleepy. Still not giving all it has to give. This is just coming around. Gorgeous and classy. Love it. `77/`85/`97 blind Port retrospective. Drink now.
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