1991 Fonseca Guimaraens

[jdaw1]

A horizontal of 1991s, some Vintage, some Single-Quinta, on Monday 9^th December 2019, at The Boot & Flogger, as arranged by GEAG.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • Dow;
  • Graham;
  • Warre;
  • Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • Smith Woodhouse;
  • Gould Campbell;
  • Cockburn;
  • Cockburn Quinta dos Canais;
  • Taylor Quinta de Vargellas;
  • Fonseca Guimaraens;
  • Croft;
  • Morgan;
  • Quinta do Noval;
  • Quinta do Noval Nacional;
  • Quinta de la Rosa;
  • Niepoort;
• Placemats (and in the list of placemats);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

FG91. Dark red, 45% opaque. Mid weight, dry, little fruit. TFP made the right decision not to declare this.

[winesecretary]

Red, quite pale. Very sugary on the nose. Underpowered red fruits, spicy finish. Respectable but not wonderful.

[nac]

Fairly pale. Nose not great - possibly an acetone note?
Palate better, but not much to report. OK.

[NickA]

My bottle. And representative of where it is today so comments above happy to let stand.

However, while it's in the drink soon category I find pleasure in it. Now toned down and fading gently datey fruit and herby earthy tietary notes with overall balance dimished a bit with some dryness on the finish. Over the last 20 years I have drunk 2 full cases and 24 in halves and have always enjoyed them. I think I have one bottle left. My timing is right on this one (unlike the Taylor where I also have only one left from a case).