Fonseca Emergency: 14 Oct 09 - NCC, London
Posted: 17:05 Fri 16 Oct 2009
An emergency at around midnight on 13th Oct resulted in THRA, AHB and I turning up at the New Cavendish Club in London the following evening with Fonseca 1963, 1966 and 1970 in hand. There was also a "bonus" sample of Fonseca 1975 that was served blind to accompany dinner.
The three principle ports of the evening all showed fabulously well. 1963 was unanimously voted as "best to drink now" with 1966 still showing enough tannins to keep it on the up slope. However, the 1970 was quite simply "not ready" and showed much younger in comparison to it's not much older siblings.
A remarkably good evening was had.
TNs will follow in due course.
Derek
The three principle ports of the evening all showed fabulously well. 1963 was unanimously voted as "best to drink now" with 1966 still showing enough tannins to keep it on the up slope. However, the 1970 was quite simply "not ready" and showed much younger in comparison to it's not much older siblings.
A remarkably good evening was had.
TNs will follow in due course.
Derek