1985 Fonseca

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jdaw1
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1985 Fonseca

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Monday 29th September 2008, afternoon, in the Fonseca lodge with Roy Hersh’s Harvest Tour.

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1985 Fonseca: just like Fonseca 1985. Purple red, nose and taste of stewed young plums, and just too young. Huge. Wait!

Interesting that the lodge tastes from US-labelled bottles (Kobrand Corporation).

So instead look at this picture of twenty-seven Imperials (six litres, eight-bottle bottles) of Fonseca 1985. (Death to silly IVDP regulations!)
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I'd say it looks like someone walked away with 3 =)
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jdaw1 wrote:So instead look at this picture of twenty-seven Imperials (six litres, eight-bottle bottles) of Fonseca 1985. (Death to silly IVDP regulations!)
Explain? Are they not allowed to sell Imperials or something?
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