2009 Fonseca Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  2/17/2024 - Motz wrote: 94 Points

  Opulent and unctuous. Put differently, lush and somewhat heavy. Ripeness correlates to flamboyance, which this wine offers in spades. Grapey, yet delicious. It has enough acid to hold it together through 2030-2032. Alcohol will preserve it for some years afterwards. Too much substance to score less than 94 points.

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  8/20/2023 - Cellarseller wrote: flawed

  Corked ! ! Waste of $50.

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  8/6/2023 - skurtz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From 375 ml. Decanted for an hour and just wow! Aromatic spices, black fruit, mineral and perfectly balanced with just the right touch of acidity and black pepper in the finish. 92/93

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  7/22/2023 - Ralph_ wrote: flawed

  corked

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  5/14/2023 - Winemaker51 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  I don’t get it. Only 92 points on average? A GREAT Vintage Port. Like a lot of 2009’s; ripe, extracted, super rich, hedonistic and delivers after a few hours of air. Concentrated black fruits aromas, nice delicate touch of oak (but there). Perhaps I’m a bit new world, but love this Port now in a half bottle. Has classic, earthy Port flavors that are derived with stomping on grapes and earthiness of indigenous cultures. Also, their grape spirits (always the best with the Vintage port) lends more complexity. Yes, there are some serious tannins to reign in the luscious fruit and sugar. Hedonism now, perhaps softer and more complexity later. Clearly arriving at an apogee.

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