1980 Fonseca

[jdaw1]

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

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1948 Fonseca (AHB);
• 1955 Fonseca (IDJ);
• 1958 Fonseca Guimaraens = † (THRA);
• 1960 Fonseca (IDJ);
• 1963 Fonseca (TC);
• 1966 Fonseca (IDJ);
• 1970 Fonseca (RLC);
• 1975 Fonseca (TC);
• 1977 Fonseca (PW);
• 1980 Fonseca (RLC);
• 1983 Fonseca (CPR);
• 1985 Fonseca single (DRL);
• 1985 Fonseca magnum (JDAW);
• 1992 Fonseca (MPM);
• 1994 Fonseca (CPR);
• Fonseca Waterloo (MPM);
• Fonseca Bicentenary Crusted (MPM);
• Food order;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

F'80 decanted 11.15...cork fell straight in but somehow is damaged...very light and has a sediment suspension...very suspect.
The F'70 decanted at 12.00 following a long fight with the '80's cork, however, is looking splendid...that is if it really is a F'70....no IVDP cello on an unusual necked and clear green bottle and the cork which extracted in one piece but with a chunk missing in the middle has a Fonseca Vintage marking but no date.
I shall be intrigued as to what everyone else thinks.

[jdaw1]

F80. Neon pink, cloudy, 20% opaque. Palate really not Fonseca: blind one might have guessed Kopke Rose.

[flash_uk]

20% opacity, light brown. Palate was light, not much heat, oranges, no finish. Very un-Fonseca, I wrote.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Pale burnished copper, 30% opaque. Gentle rose-hip syrup on the nose, rather subdued. Gently fragrant on entry with slightly harsh fruit with sweetened rose hips and dry tannins. Good components but not really in balance. Very pleasant, shame about the lack of balance. Gentle flavours and a nice elegance. Soft and lengthy finish. Gentle and very pleasant but not up to the standard of the other ports on show this evening. 85/100. Decanted 10 hours.