1966 Fonseca

[jdaw1]

DRT’s annual medical dose of Port from his birth year was administered on Tue 26^th Mar 2019 at The Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Graham (from THRA);
• 1960 Warre (from MPM);
• 1960 Croft (from RGO);
• 1963 Graham (from SCP);
• 1963 Morgan (from CMAG);
• 1965 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas (from DRT);
• 1965 Dow Quinta do Bomfim (from AHB);
• 1966 Fonseca (from JDAW);
• 1970 Butler Nephew (from PW);
• 1970 Graham (from BMHR);
• 1970 Fonseca (from DRT);
• 1970 Smith Woodhouse (from IDJ);
• 1977 Warre (from DRL);
• 1977 Taylor (from CPR);
• 1980 Smith Woodhouse (from AKZY);
• The Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

F66, decanted 14:00. Dark red, 60% opaque. Palate of bitter rich red fruit. Good size, but bitterness prominent.

[flash_uk]

45% opacity, warm red. Apples and cranberries on the nose. Soft entry, gentle heat, good body, full, rich, sweet fruit - plums. Amazing - long way to go.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Dark red colour, mid-mature tone; 80% opaque. Rather closed on the nose with surprisingly little showing. Rich and intense on the palate, a little closed but intensely flavoured. Wonderful development of flavours, rich fruit with dark damson and black cherry infused with charcoal tannins to give a wonderful complexity of flavours...but this Port has just so much more to give! Deep dark chocolate and dried sour cherries on the aftertaste and massive finish. An astonishing Port. 96/100.