An emergency at around midnight on 13th Oct resulted in THRA, AHB and I turning up at the New Cavendish Club in London the following evening with Fonseca 1963, 1966 and 1970 in hand. There was also a "bonus" sample of Fonseca 1975 that was served blind to accompany dinner.
The three principle ports of the evening all showed fabulously well. 1963 was unanimously voted as "best to drink now" with 1966 still showing enough tannins to keep it on the up slope. However, the 1970 was quite simply "not ready" and showed much younger in comparison to it's not much older siblings.
A remarkably good evening was had.
TNs will follow in due course.
Derek
Fonseca Emergency: 14 Oct 09 - NCC, London
Fonseca Emergency: 14 Oct 09 - NCC, London
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Fonseca Emergency: 14 Oct 09 - NCC, London
It was a remarkably civilised evening, with good food, good company and good port - what more could be wanted? The '63 was quite simply delicious, but that could be because it was the one which responded best to the short decanting time which an emergency offline requires. The '66 and '70 could probably have well used more time to blossom. Pity they were drunk to extinction.
But the '63 was very easy to quaff...
But the '63 was very easy to quaff...
Top Ports in 2018 (so far): Niepoort VV (1960's Bottling), Quinta do Noval Nacional 1994 and San Leonardo Very Old White (Bottled 2018)
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
2017 Ports of the year: Fonseca 1927 and Quinta do Noval 1927
Re: Fonseca Emergency: 14 Oct 09 - NCC, London
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn