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NV Fonseca Tawny 10YO (bottled 1979)
Posted: 20:26 Tue 31 Mar 2009
by DRT
A group purchase of 8 bottles between Ben, Jacob and I from Seckford Wines.
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The cork, branded "Fonseca Port" came out intact. Decanted from a significant amount of black crust. Colour is very pale orange brown, really, really old VP. Candy floss nose, very sweet. A nice medium weight. Very sweet but nutty and slightly warming. Mouthwatering long finish. This is obviously well past its best but it isn't dead. Not something to drink all evening but a nice chilled glass before bed will do nicely
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 00:48 Wed 01 Apr 2009
by DRT
DRT wrote:Not something to drink all evening
I was wrong
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 05:23 Wed 01 Apr 2009
by Andy Velebil
DRT wrote:DRT wrote:Not something to drink all evening
I was wrong
LOL, gotta drink it all or it may go bad
BTW, you have a pic you can post. I'm interested in what the older labels on these look like.
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 14:33 Fri 03 Apr 2009
by DRT
Here is a picture of the bottle...
- Fonseca 10 yrs.jpg (12.88 KiB) Viewed 4839 times
I also have the 20 and 30 yr old tawny from the same era with similar labels.
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 14:49 Fri 03 Apr 2009
by Andy Velebil
Cool picture on the label..is it the upper Douro or Gaia, I can't quite tell. Thanks for posting it.
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 14:55 Fri 03 Apr 2009
by DRT
Andy V wrote:Cool picture on the label..is it the upper Douro or Gaia, I can't quite tell. Thanks for posting it.
It's looking down river with Oporto on the right hand side. It looks like it is close to the area where the Porto Cruz restaurant is where we sat and drank a Cruz 20 yr old tawny with Sean, Stewart and others on the day of the Noval Colheitathon in October 2007
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 14:58 Fri 03 Apr 2009
by Andy Velebil
DRT wrote:Andy V wrote:Cool picture on the label..is it the upper Douro or Gaia, I can't quite tell. Thanks for posting it.
It's looking down river with Oporto on the right hand side. It looks like it is close to the area where the Porto Cruz restaurant is where we sat and drank a Cruz 20 yr old tawny with Sean, Stewart and others on the day of the Noval Colheitathon in October 2007
Very hazy recollections of that day
Re: 10 Year Old Fonseca Tawny (bottled 1979)
Posted: 18:04 Fri 03 Apr 2009
by Glenn E.
DRT wrote:Andy V wrote:Cool picture on the label..is it the upper Douro or Gaia, I can't quite tell. Thanks for posting it.
It's looking down river with Oporto on the right hand side. It looks like it is close to the area where the Porto Cruz restaurant is where we sat and drank a Cruz 20 yr old tawny with Sean, Stewart and others on the day of the Noval Colheitathon in October 2007
It almost looks like it is looking downriver from Ponte Dom Luis I with the Ribeira district on the right. Those three buildings really look like they could be what is now the Pestana Porto, but the picture is a little hard to see.