2000 Fortnum and Mason

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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winesecretary
Fonseca 1980
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2000 Fortnum and Mason

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From half bottle (Niepoort Secundum according to cork). 24 hour decant. 70% opaque red juice, 10% orange rim. Splendid nose of red fruit and oregano. Front palate of mixed Mediterranean herbs and then some poached plums mid-palate. Long redcurrant finish, not a hint of alcoholic warmth despite the 20.5%, the higher acidity really lifts it. Not one to leave for 2040 but, for drinking now and over the next decade, this is smashing port. Happily consumed with a friend on 23/02/20.
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