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1927 Fonseca

Posted: 17:14 Sun 24 Dec 2017
by jdaw1
Alex, Axel, Enrico, Julian, Phil, Tom, and two Wolfgangs met for luncheon on Wednesday 20th December 2017 at Otto’s Restaurant (182 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8EW).

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Re: 1927 Fonseca

Posted: 20:20 Sun 24 Dec 2017
by jdaw1
F27. Dark dark dark red, 80% opaque. Visually, this could have been Graham 1980. Yes, I know, fifty-three years older than that. Doubtless — doubtless! — I’ll be as handsome at ninety, but few will. Huge sweet palate of plums, touched with white pepper. Big, smooth, and sweet. Wonderful old Port.

† Overweight type-I insulin-dependent diabetic: of course I’ll live that long.

Re: 1927 Fonseca

Posted: 22:04 Mon 01 Jan 2018
by Alex Bridgeman
Bottled by Berry Brothers. A lovely rich red colour, warm and dark; 90% opaque. Showing little on the nose, but the little it is showing is warm and fruity — and very nice. A beautiful palate, soft entry with poise and balance. The fruit is generous, sweet and ripe and still plentiful. The palate is big and rich; stunning for a port of this age. The aftertaste is amazing — so full of fruit, of rich burnt fruitcake; mouthfilling and immense. This is stunning, stunning port.

48 hours later a 6cl sample bottle was tasted which showed even mor ecomplexity, being sweeter and rounder than the pop 'n' pour version. Pretty damn close to the perfect port. 99/100.

Re: 1927 Fonseca

Posted: 14:17 Thu 11 Jan 2018
by PhilW
My notes simply say "wow, wow, wow - full, dark, Fonseca profile, delicious". This was an absolutely fabulous wine, and in excellent condition.
Superb, and as good as pretty much any other port I have tasted.

rating: ex++