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Red - Fortified
2018 Fonseca Porto Guimaraens Vintage
Port Blend
- Portugal
- Douro
- Porto
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Community Tasting Notes 3
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HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:
December 14, 2022 - Best with a week or so of air, IMO. Day 7: Open knit compared to classic vintage, but still has a serious quality to the wine. Loads of dark fruit, cherry cordial, mint, a whiff of booze, vanilla, and Peychauds. In the mouth, the wine is full, silty tannins up front, modest acidity, modest booz heat in the fore and back of the mouth- a bit medicinal. Flavors are much more interesting than the nose- more mint, pastis, on top of the already present scents as flavors.
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m4rk Likes this wine:
March 12, 2022 - Opaque with purple plum around the edge. It clings to the glass upon swirling; actually a rather pretty nose, sweet, plums, chocolate, spearmint and liquorice. Very drinkable as well- a kind of oily acidity balances well with the tannins, which are very fine, and layer the mouth; modestly sweet. It seems a little closed but the finish opens out nicely. And I’ve got sticky sweet lips
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Neras Likes this wine: 91 points
January 8, 2022 - Decanted for 2 hours. Very intense. Good stuffing but too early now.
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By Richard Mayson
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red - Fortified
- Producer Fonseca
- Varietal Port Blend
- Designation Guimaraens Vintage
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Portugal
- Region Douro
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Porto
- UPC Codes 084692645961, 5013521103780
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 145 (21%)
- In Cellars 536 (77%)
- Consumed 15 (2%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- DesignationGuimaraens Vintage
- CountryPortugal
- RegionDouro
- AppellationPorto
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