1991 Fonseca Porto Guimaraens Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  12/28/2023 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points

  1970-2000 Fonseca Vintage Ports Vertical (Palo Alto, California): Nose: 92; Palate: 91
  My #5; Group's #4; Tasted blind

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  12/16/2023 - David G Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Rich fig and date mature fruit flavours with burnt caramel. Alcohol is dominating, suggesting it will not keep much longer. Very enjoyable seasonal treat with home made Christmas cake

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  7/22/2023 - penguinoid Likes this wine:

  Colour: medium garnet
  Nose: medium intensity, tertiary, developed. Blackcurrant jam, black plum, black cherry. Dried fig, orange peel. Milk chocolate. Cigar box, cedar, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice. High alcohol quite prominent.
  Palate: sweet, medium tannins, medium(+) acidity, high alcohol (20,5%), full bodied. Medium(+) intensity, long finish. Blackcurrant jam, black plum, black cherry. Dried fig, orange peel. Milk chocolate. Cigar box, cedar, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice. High alcohol prominent, but less than on the nose.
  Conclusions: very good! Guimaraens is typically made in a lighter style than Fonseca (it's effectively their 'second wine'), but is nonetheless an excellent vintage port. Amazed at how well it's held up in a half bottle over thirty plus years. Drink now, not suited to further ageing.
  Seal: natural cork
  Notes from half bottle
  DAY2: still very good after being left open overnight. Drinking the dregs, including some sediment. Still very rich and sweet and full-bodied. There's maybe a bit of liquorice and cough syrup that I don't remember from yesterday, but otherwise it hasn't budged much.

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  12/17/2022 - canan wrote: 91 Points

  Slightly disappointing but still a nicely aged wine. Plenty of milk chocolate and walnuts with a touch of licorice and spices. For me, it had been better 3-5 years ago and there is a slight off-balance in the wine.

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  10/13/2022 - Bearhead Likes this wine:

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