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Fonseca Vintage Port 1997

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Winery:
Fonseca
Varietal:
Touriga Nacional
Region:
Portugal > Douro
Type:
Dessert/Fortified
Color:
Red
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2012
UPC:
84692304340000

User Tags:  port, dessert wines, doc (portugal), digestif, fruit, flamboyant, color descriptors, normal, structure, floral 


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Port wine is one of the great dessert wines of the world. Based on a blend that usually features Touriga Nacional, vintage Port is a rich red wine witch is fortified with grape spirits. It combines the chewy, tannic bite of red wine with a sweetness that helps buffer the added alcohol and supports the spicy plum and dark berry fruits. Vintage Port is capable of aging and improving for decades. Other types of Port include Ruby Port, which is enjoyed in its youth for it fresh fruit, Tawny Port, which has been aged in wood for years giving it its tawny color and progressively nuttier flavors as the wine increases in age, and Colheita port, which is a Tawny Port from a single vintage.

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Fonseca vintage ports are renowned for their great fruit richness and voluptuousness, and, while powerful and mouthfilling, for their breed and balance. In the context of each vintage, they combine the tannic dimension and grip which give great port its longevity with the structure and complexity that are Fonsecas hallmark. Among the Douros first growths, Fonseca Vintage Port is clearly the Petrus of Port.


 

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Rating: 93(+?) - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 90, May/June 2000 Full saturated ruby. Inky, brooding aromas of syrupy black fruits and violet. Dense, thick and tactile, with superb depth of flavor and compelling juicy sweetness. Finishes with powerful tannins and superb grip. Not as flamboyantly aromatic as this wine normally is in its youth, but structured for long, slow development in bottle. (Kobrand, Inc., New York, NY)


 

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Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 02/29/00


 

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