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Fonseca Vintage Port 2016
Douro DOC
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- 98pts, James Suckling, 2020
- 96pts, Neal Martin, 2020
- 17.5pts, Jancis Robinson, 2020
It's hard to beat the lavish richness and powerful layers of fruit and structure in top quality vintage port. With 98 points, "Fonseca looks like one of the greats of this vintage" reported Wine Advocate. A cooler year, it has superb purity of fruit.
It's hard to beat the lavish richness and powerful layers of fruit and structure in top quality vintage port. With 98 points, "Fonseca looks like one of the greats of this vintage" reported Wine Advocate. A cooler year, it has superb purity of fruit.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Firm tannins, intense ripe black fruit, wet earth, hot stones, violets
Aroma
Gorgeous ripe black fruits, spice, earthy undergrowth, mocha spice
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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Red - Full Bodied
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Deep purple
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20.5% ABV
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15.38 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2060
Fonseca is one of the greatest port houses, drawing its grapes from its three renowned quintas (vineyard estates) in the steep, terraced hills above Pinhão. They are Panascal in the Tavora Valley and Quinta do Cruzeiro and Quinta de St Antonio in the Pinhão Valley and all the grapes are field blends – the old vineyards were all planted with a mix of grapes. James Suckling, in his book titled Vintage Port, writes: “The vintage ports of Fonseca are perhaps the most consistently great of them all. Not only do they have a striking fleshiness and powerful richness when young, but they retain that youthfulness for decades.” 2016 was the first vintage to be declared since 2011. Cooler temperatures has ensured beautifully pure, delineated fruit.
Critic, 98 points
