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Posted: **11:44 Fri 12 Nov 2010**

NV Fonseca 10-Year-Old Tawny (bottled 1979)

Drunk at The Crusted Pipe on the 8th November 2010 in a blind tasting entitled "Oscar visits; Jacob's Revenge"

Planning
General ramblings about the evening
Tasting Notes
Croft 1985
Warre 1963
Churchill 1982
Croft Quinta da Roeda 1967
Croft Quinta da Roeda 1983
Morgan 1977
Fonseca 10-year-old Tawny (bottled 1979)
Niepoort 1970
Quinta do Passadouro 1997

Posted: **11:59 Fri 12 Nov 2010**

Brown and cloudy

Some caramel, a little fruit but quite a lot of sweetness.

I quite like this type of Port; I think the softening of the "tawniness" that takes place when it is matured in glass is very attractive. But it is probably a bit of a niche interest!

Posted: **08:26 Sat 02 Apr 2011**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4823&p=41735#p41735]On 1st April 2011[/url], JacobH wrote:Colour: unusual for Port. Consistent for an oddity. Brownish gold in the middle, with perhaps the smallest amount of rose gold, fading dramatically to a colourless edge.

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4823&p=41740#p41740]A few posts later[/url], JacobH wrote:It ... has continued to air for the last four months. At approximately 3,500 hours decanting time, it is no-longer cloudy, and tastes rather like a mixture of Werther’s Original and an old 30- or older tawny Port. Still a bit spirity and acidic, though. Perhaps will revisit the last glass at about 7,000 hours decanting time.

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