1976 Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port
Posted: 00:51 Tue 22 Jan 2008
This was our choice for wedding port. Two bottles were poured, both decanted at 3PM and tasted around midnight (apart from a small glass straight after decanting).
Amazingly dark colour coming into the decanter, and both bottles showed very similar, with the only difference being that one bottle showed a little bit more typical Fonseca flowers on the nose and the other more warm sweet cherry fruit. Both were incredibly young, with chocolate, licorice, sweet cherries, tobacco, and a spicy, tannic finish. Deep, complex and way, way too young. This needs at least 10 more years to soften, and will give joy for many more decades to come. Amazing port from an otherwise weak vintage. If you pour this in a line up of '77's everyone will be fooled, including me. 93+ points.
Amazingly dark colour coming into the decanter, and both bottles showed very similar, with the only difference being that one bottle showed a little bit more typical Fonseca flowers on the nose and the other more warm sweet cherry fruit. Both were incredibly young, with chocolate, licorice, sweet cherries, tobacco, and a spicy, tannic finish. Deep, complex and way, way too young. This needs at least 10 more years to soften, and will give joy for many more decades to come. Amazing port from an otherwise weak vintage. If you pour this in a line up of '77's everyone will be fooled, including me. 93+ points.