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NV Fonseca Tawny 20YO (bottled 1978)
Posted: 21:39 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by DRT
D+0
A rich, dark, golden-red colour. Not much on the nose, perhaps a little candle wax. Very thick and extremely smooth in the mouth. Delicious sweetness at first but then a slightly hollow mid-palate. The sweet, nutty finish grows in the mouth and seems to go on forever. Very good
I hope the nose and the hollowness sort themselves out with some air as this could turn out to be a stunningly good wine.
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 21:50 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by benread
DRT wrote:D+0
A rich, dark, golden-red colour. Not much on the nose, perhaps a little candle wax. Very thick and extremely smooth in the mouth. Delicious sweetness at first but then a slightly hollow mid-palate. The sweet, nutty finish grows in the mouth and seems to go on forever. Very good
I hope the nose and the hollowness sort themselves out with some air as this could turn out to be a stunningly good wine.
Another one of those bottles! I have one left. Did it need much decanting? I have found these need very careful decanting to get the fine sediment out.
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 22:08 Sun 28 Aug 2011
by DRT
benread wrote:Another one of those bottles! I have one left. Did it need much decanting? I have found these need very careful decanting to get the fine sediment out.
I think you are thinking of
Fonseca 10 Year Old Tawny, bottled 1979.
This was a lone bottle that I acquired in a batch of oddments on eBay about 5 years ago. It does have some fine sediment,but I'm gritting my teeth
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 06:35 Mon 29 Aug 2011
by Andy Velebil
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 21:29 Thu 01 Sep 2011
by Alex Bridgeman
It's OK. He's mixed it with some blackcurrant cordial before tasting it
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 14:41 Sat 03 Sep 2011
by JacobH
Can it still be called ‟wood-aged” if it’s spent far longer in the bottle than the barrel?
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 18:44 Sun 04 Sep 2011
by Andy Velebil
JacobH wrote:Can it still be called ‟wood-aged” if it’s spent far longer in the bottle than the barrel?
Only if the bottle is wrapped in wood
Re: NV Fonseca 20 Year Old Tawny (bottled 1978)
Posted: 23:17 Mon 05 Sep 2011
by JacobH
Andy Velebil wrote:JacobH wrote:Can it still be called ‟wood-aged” if it’s spent far longer in the bottle than the barrel?
Only if the bottle is wrapped in wood
Yikes; does that mean a substantial part of my Port is ‟matured in cardboard”?