Fonseca Vintage Port 2017
La la la la LA LA!! Woooohoooo! We are skipping like Halloween-candy-amped kids around the warehouse today, because we JUST pulled off another (small) buy of this LEGEND in the making. Wow!!!
You know, before the 3 of us started Last Bottle, we were fully involved in selling old, rare, pricey, collectible wines. LIKE THIS. This is a wine for the AGES!! A wine for fully immersing yourself in, whether you drink it next month or Christmas 2067!!! But we NEVER did it at prices like this!! PLEASE don’t miss!!
WE98, WA96-98, WS97, VN95, JS95. Unbelievable.
Every major critic has weighed in, and this is clearly one of the greats from the legendary FONSECA (1st release was in 1840), from this fine vintage --- a wine to cherish anytime you drink it, from 2021 to 2099 (yes, really). To quote Robert Parker: “Fonseca is one of the great port lodges, producing the most exotic and most complex port. With its lush, seductive character, one might call it the Pomerol of Vintage ports.”
You should probably get a physical before trying this, to make sure your body and mind can handle the CASCADE of outrageous flavor intensity and orgasmic heights of wine appreciation you will be reaching. It’s just too much to encapsulate in this small missive. Read the GUSHING REVIEWS below for more insight and data points, but suffice it to say each sip is so mind-blowingly concentrated, intense, layered and harmonious, not to mention the fantastic weight and grace, and the finish that seems to go on until you go to bed and brush your teeth. The jaw-dropping concentration of figs, plums, berries, molasses, homemade jam, mocha, my word...it’s really just outlandishly good. You can taste it 5 minutes later.
Gotta stop. Love ya- grab a few, while it lasts.
Vintage Ports represent the finest produce of a single exceptional year. Unlike Ports which age in wood, Vintage Ports will continue to age and improve in bottle for decades, their character bearing the imprint of both vineyard and wine maker.
Technical Details
Country: PortugalRegion: Douro
Appellation: Douro
Varietal: Red Blends
Vineyard: Quinta do Panascal
Winemaker: DAVID GUIMARAENS
Farming: organic and sustainable viticulture
Alcohol: 20.00%
About The Producer
Fonseca has belonged to the first rank of Vintage Port producers since the mid-nineteenth century. Fonseca Vintage Ports are noted for their luscious fruitiness which develops great opulence and complexity with age. Wines born of inspired winemaking and a thorough understanding of viticulture and terroir, they appeal, perhaps more than any other house's Vintage Ports, to the enthusiast and connoisseur.
Pairing Suggestions
Stilton, and/or walnuts
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