Fonseca Port, 2009 Vintage Port
Vintage Port, Douro
Bottle size: 75cl
ABV: 20%
Price:
$118.43 USD
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Description
Fonseca belongs in the first rank of Vintage Port houses. It is recognised for the stylistic consistency of its wines which have been made by five generations of the same family since the firm’s foundation in 1822. Fonseca Vintage Ports are noted for their expressive, luscious fruitiness, which develops great opulence and complexity with age, as well as a voluptuous roundness on the palate supported by velvety mouth-filling tannins.
Tasting Notes: Impenetrable black colour. A classic Fonseca nose dominated by an exuberant, hedonistic fruitiness, a powerful redolence of dark dense blackberry and blackcurrant which slowly releases a heady mix of spicy and herbal aromas, seductive notes of coffee and cocoa, hints of prune and wild scents of gumcistus. The thick velvety tannins give the wine a voluptuous density, integrating effortlessly with the sumptuous infusion of blackberry jam, dark chocolate and liquorice which coats the palate. The tannins are also present on the finish which brims with blackberry and blackcurrant flavour.
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Condition
Excellent
Reviews
Reviews:
Steven Spurrier, Decanter August 2011...spicy, dense fruit with an iron spine behind the richness, energy and sweetness in Fonseca’s robust style, 2019 -2039 19 points
Neal Martin, www.erobertparker.com, May 2011
The Fonseca 2009 has a very ripe sweet prune and fig-tinged bouquet that is very precocious. Score 93
Jamie Goode, Wineanorak.com, May 2011 Smooth, ripe, aromatic nose is lush and rich, with ripe – almost creamy – blackcurrant and raspberry fruit.94–96/100