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17½/20
Fonseca Vintage Port 1970
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalLast tasted in 2004 and this fabulous old lady, now fully mature is still holding on. Bruce Guimaraens said “It fills the mouth with bottled sunshine and finishes long.” Soft round and delicious eleven years later it remains on a fully mature plateau mixing caramel, figs, brown sugar, aged worn wood, resin and spice. There is both weight and balance and the finish lingers forever, with herbal dried cherry and fine peppery spice. A beautiful old bottle of port, complete in the mouth with gentle, though persistent drive and flow through exceptional length. A lovely illustration as to why you would wait 40 or 50 years if you could to drink these magnificent wines. Bravo. I guess it explains why at Fonseca they say, “Anytime you are not drinking port is a complete and utter waste of time.”Tasted: 29 December 2015Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $429.99 | 750ml | Liberty Wine Merchant |
Blend: Touriga Nacional - Touriga Franca - Tinta Roriz - Tinta Barroca
