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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.6 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 163 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by M.Batard on 4/3/2024 & rated 92 points: Didn’t have time to decant. Deep ruby-purple. Figs and plums, reasonably well balanced. Not as long on the palate as the ‘94 we had the previous evening. (796 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 3/22/2024 & rated 93 points: So damn tasty, consistent with my previous notes. (876 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 3/18/2024 & rated 97 points: My last bottle of this great vintage. Nose of cassis and tobacco mainly with a hit of menthol. Palate is chewy, rich, dark fruit, tobacco, dark cherry, a hit of acid and a texture that just clings to the tongue for minutes.... (984 views) | | | Tasted by honest bob on 1/5/2024: From 75cl, good cork, decanted off heavy plaques of sediment. 1 hour later: quite closed, much less sweet and less aromatically expressive than expected, just dried fig, elite raisiny fruit and gentle dried spice. Not sure what to make of this, so we transfered most of the bottle into a few small bottles for future visits. Updates and a points score follow. 89-90P tonight. 13.01.2024 update: cooked, pruny scent; cooked figgy palate; hot alcohol. 87P(?) (1407 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 12/28/2023 & rated 90 points: 1970-2000 Fonseca Vintage Ports Vertical (Palo Alto, California): Nose: 91; Palate: 89
My #7; Group's #6; Tasted blind (1302 views) | | | Tasted by KimberJ on 11/15/2023 & rated 93 points: Bright raisin. Smooth.
Sear and see Orlando (1678 views) | | | Tasted by cacastine on 7/8/2023 & rated 94 points: Deep intense aromas of cassis, dark and ripe red fruits, lilac and light hints of rose, tobacco and roasted mushroom. Very alive and expressive, smooth dark buttery caramel, toffee, chocolate, anise and cinnamon...long silky evolving finish with some fine peppery hot tannin. A truly excellent wine. Took some hints from others and drank a second bottle after standing it up for 2 weeks. So much of the residual sugar and sediment experienced on the first bottle fell out and made for an even better, more expressive and clean taste. Superb wine and the best I have tasted thus far. (2450 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 6/18/2023 & rated 93 points: Sat upright for several weeks, then a 30 minute decant. Nose of blackberry jam, black fig, and sweet black raspberry. Black fruit, Fig Newton, fruitcake, and a strong bittersweet backbone. Black fruits and acidiity lead the finish into black raspberry and olive brine (2412 views) | | | Tasted by Brolawa on 4/2/2023: H3. Drank over three nights in Cimarron. Fruit stayed consistent. (2599 views) | | | Tasted by scottesterly on 2/25/2023 & rated 94 points: Decanted 5+ hours from 375ml bottle. Full bodied, earthy, sweet. Those are the major features I taste (and love). Tasted this against a 94 Dow’s and loved both, but I always prefer port to be a little bit sweeter than Dow’s generally produces. The 94 Dow’s was a good one to contrast this one with because the 92 Fonseca is complex and full of flavors, while the 94 Dow’s is more straight forward. Both great. I’ll be looking to add a bottle or two more of the 92 Fonseca to my cellar, though. I believe this will drink well for a long time to come. (2824 views) | | | Tasted by theportguy on 1/20/2023 & rated 92 points: Guys Port Weekend - Las Vegas; 1/20/2023-1/21/2023 (Las Vegas, Nevada): Amber ruby in color. Aromas of dusty red fruits with strawberry and boysenberry. It is a full-bodied wine, with well-integrated red fruits on the palate. The tannins are noticeable on the mid-palate, but the wine retains a rich and complex flavor profile. Nice long finish. (2800 views) | | | Tasted by Musigny1955 on 1/14/2023 & rated 93 points: {Bought on release, stood up x a week, sound cork, not decanted} Matched with excellent cheeses and chocolate at dinner party with cassoulet. Long, blackcurrents and some background red fruits (cherries?), dense, smooth, spicy with notes of vanilla and toffee. Excellent. Seems about ready to drink. (2486 views) | | | Tasted by Vinnut on 12/10/2022 & rated 95 points: Deep, dark garnet in color, essentially opaque with no signs of aging. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & dried figs with overtones of spices & floral notes of violets, earthy/dusty notes, toffee, minerals, herbs, cocoa, brown sugar & a hint of cedar in the background. Full bodied with an excellent concentration of well balanced & silky smooth textured, complex, dense & jammy, ripe fruit flavors of blackberries, dark cherries, plums, dried figs & raisins with spices, toffee, minerals, herbs & a slight hint of vanilla. Long lingering smooth finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing. Even at 30 years of age, it has the potential to easily continue for another decade if not longer, at which time it may merit a higher score (96+). Cork was stained on bottom 1/4 but intact. Surprisingly, very little sediment. (2546 views) | | | Tasted by ManhattanBeach on 11/2/2022: Lunch with Jazz (67 Pall Mall, London): Don’t drink enough port to have much of a comparison, but blackcurrants, fig, vanilla. Xavier calls it ‘deep; powerful, sweet’ and that’s right, some spice, good energy to balance that body and depth, and good length. (3066 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 10/24/2022: Had after Thanksgiving dinner. No detailed notes. Drinking well now - there's no reason to hold. (1407 views) | | | Tasted by Everything Ahead on 10/9/2022 & rated 94 points: So smooth and figgy out of the gate with a little spice too. Didn't decant and didn't need to. Surprisingly youthful tasting for being 30 yrs old, but I don't get the sense there is too much more of an upside here in terms of complexity, so I would recommend drinking over the next 5 years or so to take advantage of all that fruit. (2843 views) | | | Tasted by tjin on 6/9/2022 & rated 90 points: Muddy brick red color. A good amount of red fruit with notes of figs, chocolate, and baking spice. Full-bodied and tannic. (3229 views) | | | Tasted by rwpalmer on 3/21/2022 & rated 90 points: I found this bottle to be a bit chunky and dry on the finish. More impressive than charming. Bottle variation? (3664 views) | | | Tasted by canan on 3/10/2022 & rated 95 points: Fonseca VP Vertical: Beautiful and expressive nose with dark berries, manure, sewer.
Lovely palate with dark plum/cherry fruit and mint but also a hard structure. Both tannins and acidity still feels very young.
It does however is starting to show a bit of evolution but it is still a young wine. Beautiful wine. (3669 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 1/29/2022 & rated 98 points: Hard to be happier than this Fonseca offers. Has been resting comfortably for 26 years in my cellars. My notes of 2018 still can't be beat in describing what I like about this luscious vintage from Fonseca. Had with ripe bosc pears, "fresh" Neals Yard Stilton and crusty French baguette -- is a dream combo of flavors/textures (And an international one, given the sourcing for this feast: Portugal, Mexico (pears), England (Stilton), and Lawrence Kansas (bread). (3462 views) | | | Tasted by MLR on 1/15/2022 & rated 92 points: Drank right from the cellar. In the nose we get cedar, forest dust, cinnamon, maybe a bit of browned butter. the mouth is smooth and a bit more dense and dusty than the nose. Wonderful. (3227 views) | | | Tasted by Border Boss on 12/10/2021 & rated 93 points: Double decanted three hours before service. A little alcohol heat but generally very nice. The fruit is popping out with no trouble. The nose is a little dusty. This is a big, young wine that'll be great for another 20 years. (3015 views) | | | Tasted by Jack on 10/15/2021 & rated 94 points: Delish. (3176 views) | | | Tasted by swade on 10/15/2021 & rated 94 points: 10/26/18 descriptors apply. Amazing. So glad I bought more and this was one of those bottles and it did not disappoint. A black velvet rope. 94 (3045 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 10/2/2021 & rated 93 points: Dinner at Basque Kitchen by Aitor (Basque Kitchen, Waterboat House, Singapore): Nice stuff, if rather advanced for a vintage port just approaching the 30-year mark. From a bottle that has been opened for a few days, this was showing very nicely on the night. I really liked the nose, with its notes of molasses and dried muscats, along with some savoury preserved plum aromas, maybe a touch of cherry liqueur, all patted down with touches of earth and gentle spice. Very nice. The palate was full and round in the mouth, with a yummy melange of plums and cherry liqueur, earth and molasses, all very nicely integrated and balanced. The finish ended with a hint of milk chocolate and gentle spiciness. Very resolved and delicious to drink at the moment. While neither the most complex nor the most compelling, this was a very solid, very enjoyable port, good with a series of different cheeses as one would expect. (3128 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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