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From the F-Plan II - This Time we Mean Guimaraens, held in Utrecht, 9th July, 2010.

1970 Fonseca
1975 Fonseca
1976 Fonseca Guimaraens
1977 Fonseca
1984 Fonseca Guimaraens
1985 Fonseca
1986 Fonseca Guimaraens
1987 Fonseca Guimaraens
1988 Fonseca Guimaraens
1991 Fonseca Guimaraens
1992 Fonseca
1994 Fonseca
1995 Fonseca Guimaraens
1997 Fonseca
2000 Fonseca
2003 Fonseca
2005 Fonseca
2007 Fonseca
2008 Fonseca Guimaraens (Sample)
2008 Quinta do Panascal (Sample)

Medium colour, lighter than normal. Unctuous in the mouth, lots of fruit, lovely and a genuinely nice Port. Despite all of this, probably the worst 1970 Fonseca I've had, which just shows how bloody wonderful the rest were.

Very youthful in color, perfect structure. Nose and palate showed off very komplex coffee, floral notes and tons of chocolate. Very long and pleasant aftertaste. Potential to improve with even more time than this 40 years in the bottle. 19


Axel

Fourth flight. Oldest port of the tasting and served on its own, because we felt it deserved that.

Light, aged colour, but with plenty of life and still a red hue. The nose is beautiful and powerful, with some red fruit, leather, spice, tobacco and good freshness. The structure and power stand out most on the palate, they are impressive. The fruit that's there is mostly light, but elegant. Still some dark tannins shining through on the finish. Seems like previous bottles showed a bit younger and better, but still a very fine port. That shows just how great Fonseca 1970 usually is. 93 points.