2017 Fonseca Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 93.9 points

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  9/15/2023 - Hemi wrote:

  Ruby Port. Oxidation happens within 3 days so it loses its taste. It is only in the barrels for 2 years and then it ages in the bottle.
  
  A Tawny Port is aged for a minimum of 5 years in the small barrels and then is transferred to the large barrel where it can age for up to 10 years.

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  3/22/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Bit green, and burly, and animal.

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  11/7/2022 - Vinomazing Likes this wine:

  At charity tasting…wow this 2017 and the Taylor 2017 were suprisingly very enjoyable at this stage. Lush, together and almost hedonistic…enjoyed the pours and could have drank more, odd for young ports. This was more subtle than the Taylor but both were amazing. Loving the 2017 vintage and gonna go shopping for some more. Vs the seemingly more structured 2016s; 2017s could benefit the cellar for vintage variety and earlier openers if they continue as is.

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  4/1/2022 - jdwhit Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Very nice smooth port

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  7/25/2020 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  The third and final experience in my brief journey with the 2017 vintage, Fonseca's greatness is less obvious than that of Taylor-Fladgate or Quinta do Noval, but there nonetheless if you take the time to seek it. Deepest purple color throughout, when first opened a potent and primary nose that is seamless and elegant where the Taylor and Noval were crying out with wild displays of crushed berries, blackberry notes here along with hints of cassis and tar, rich earth notes as well- and all interwoven with subtle but powerful streams of soft grey and white mineral tones, on the palate far more approachable than Taylor and Noval by virtue of its civil nature- but no less potent, fig notes, rich blackberries- almost jammy, a torrent of fruit delivered in focused flows without a drop out of place, fine long finish with intense floral notes, every bit as tannic as Taylor and Noval but the tannins- and the alcohol for that matter- are substantially buried beneath the almost tranquil streams of fruit, earth and rounded mineral notes, after two days the tar notes are more prominent on the nose and the wine is getting quite fiesty on the palate with firm tannins and marvelously tense fruit coated in semi-sweet chocolate and grey river stones, a ripe burst of figs towards the tail end, between this, Taylor and Noval there is plenty to love, but for my part I am a little extra excited about the Fonseca for its more subtle and almost alluring approach despite sharing an extraordinary powerful structure with its peers, a giant gorgeous panther poised to pounce, this will be one of the greats in time- and I have a few extra halves of this one to monitor along the way before breaking open the box of bottles in the distant future. This is one journey where I do not want to miss a thing.
  
  **(***), 2030-2080

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