1966 Fonseca
Re: 1966 Fonseca
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Re: 1966 Fonseca
F66 and F70 at home for a personal mini-vertical. I like your style! The F66 is one of my favourite ports.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: 1966 Fonseca
There is some pleasure in drinking down one’s stocks of USA-located port.AHB wrote:F66 and F70 at home for a personal mini-vertical. I like your style! The F66 is one of my favourite ports.
Re: 1966 Fonseca
Wife: ‟caramel in the nose”; ‟wow that’s really good”; ‟a slight hint of liquorish”; ‟a little bit of pepper in the end of the nose”; ‟aftertaste of black cherries”.
AMK (she being the sole adult guest): ‟cherries”.
JDAW: just huge rounded mouth-filling sweetness. Yes pepper, yes really yes the black cherries. But most of all this is really excellent port.
AMK (she being the sole adult guest): ‟cherries”.
JDAW: just huge rounded mouth-filling sweetness. Yes pepper, yes really yes the black cherries. But most of all this is really excellent port.
Re: 1966 Fonseca
Placemats (the wife liked the flowers, though doubted whether they would feature in a placemat used by ‟male port friends”).
Re: 1966 Fonseca
F66: From my notes on paper, which probably overlap with the above. Semi-opaque dark, dark red. Not purple, maybe brown at edge. Initial heat, then rich rounded sweetness. First evening taste not quite as full as at D+0, but, with time, former glory was restored. A fantastically good port.
Re: 1966 Fonseca
I look in the mail and what a very pleasant surprise!!!
The wife said mmmmm.
crushed black peppers with blackberries and a hint of blue berries.
full lush, strawberries and dark black cherries
a nice cedar finish rounded out by more black cherries.
lovely port!!!
The wife said mmmmm.
crushed black peppers with blackberries and a hint of blue berries.
full lush, strawberries and dark black cherries
a nice cedar finish rounded out by more black cherries.
lovely port!!!
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Re: 1966 Fonseca
The sample was refridgerated immediately after decanting Saturday lunch, and mailed Monday morning.
I had only three sample bottles left, and as Jeff posted in the TN threads, Jeff won the ’66 and ’70, whereas SushiNorth must make do with only the younger.
I had only three sample bottles left, and as Jeff posted in the TN threads, Jeff won the ’66 and ’70, whereas SushiNorth must make do with only the younger.