1960 Fonseca

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1960 Fonseca

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On Tuesday 5th May 2015, the evening before The B.F.T., in the year of Fonseca’s 200th Bicentenary, we gathered in the Boot & Flogger and tasted some Fonsecas.

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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=91489#p91489]Here[/url] idj123 wrote:The F66 (bottled by BBR) decanted at 7am; the F60 (Oporto bottled) at 1.15pm and the F55 (bottled by Peatling and Cawdron) at 1.30pm. Hopeful about the 66 and 55, less so the 60 as it was a leaker and the cork plunged into the bottle before the worm had hardly touched it- still, fingers crossed!
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Re: 1960 Fonseca

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F60. Colour tawny, 25% opaque. Nose: yuck. Somebody braver than me, and more foolish, did taste it, and say that I shouldn’t. Most F60 glasses were cleared away early, approximately none having been drunk.
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I did try a sip. Not good.
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Re: 1960 Fonseca

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Amber orange colour, 20% opaque with some slight sediment. Birch-sap on the nose and a dull orange. Modestly sweet on the palate with high levels of acidity. A lovely thickness on the palate, but it is sadly oxidised and woody. A long finish of concentrated mouldy orange and kumquat. Late on the finish there is a flash of alcohol and spirit before a very long finish that fades to a quince paste. 74/100. Decanted 5 hours.
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