1978 Fonseca Guimaraens
Posted: 22:25 Wed 09 Jul 2014
Deep red-mahogany in colour, 50% opaque. Smells of toffee sauce poured over fresh raspberries - inviting enough to make the mouth water just from sniffing the port. Lovely texture on the palate, smooth and well knit. The flavours are sweet but there is plenty of acidity to balance the brown sugar and bitter core. Wonderful aftertaste and finish, full of flavour and giving multiple phases but always with a core of cinnamon and sweet apple. Very tasty port, much better than I had been expecting. 88/100. Drunk 09-Jul-14. Decanted 1 hour